Escape Planning:

Practice escaping from every room in your home.

• Security Bars : may help keep your family safe from intruders, but can also trap you in a deadly fire. Make sure everyone in your home knows how to properly operate and open locked doors and windows.

• Immediately leave your home: When a fire occurs do not waste your time saving property. Take the safest route and remember to crawl low under the smoke and keep your mouth covered.

• Never open doors that are hot to the touch: When it comes to a closed door , use the back of your hand to feel the top of the door. If it feels hot use a secondary door. Even if it feels cool open the door slowly.

• Designate a meeting place outside your home: Meet by a tree or at the end of the driveway or front of lawn, to make sure all of your family members have gotten out. Designate one of your family members to next door neighbors and call 911.

Once out Stay Out: Remember to escape first. Notify the fire department using the 911 system. Never go back in the burning building for any time. Please teach your children not to hide from the firefighters. If any of your family is missing please tell the firefighters as soon as possible.