A fire can spread rapidly through your home, leaving you as little as three minutes to escape safely. Your ability to get out depends on advance warning from smoke alarms and advance planning – a home fire escape plan that everyone in your home is familiar with and has practiced. These tips can help you put together and practice an effective home fire escape plan.
Plan Your Escape
Have at least one smoke alarm on every level of your and outside all sleeping areas. Test your alarm(s) monthly to make sure they are in working condition to warn you of a fire.
Involve the whole household in drawing a simple floor plan of your home, marking exactly how to get out in a fire emergency.
Identify two exits from each room, particularly bedrooms that you can use to escape. Planning two escape routes could save your life if one exit is blocked by smoke or fire.
Establish a safe meeting place outside of the home.
Assign a designated helper for any person living in your home who may not be able to escape the fire emergency on his or her own. This may include young children, older people, or people with impairments due to mobility limitations, disabilities, medications, or alcohol.
Ensure your street number is clearly visible from the road so that responding emergency personnel can find your home.
Inform guests and visitors about your home escape plan and find out about others escape plans when you stay overnight in their homes
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