Owner's Manual
FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
CREATE AN ESCAPE PLAN
TO PRACTICE
Be
prepared when your
smoke/CO
alarm
sounds
its
alarm. Develop a
family
escape
plan, discuss
it
with
all
household members,
and
practice
it
regularly.
•
Make sure everyone is familiar with the sound
of
your smoke/
CO
alarm and explain
what
the
sound means.
•
Determine
TWO
exits
from
each room and
have an escape route
to
the
outside
from
each exit.
•
Teach all
the
members
in
your household
to
check doors
for
heat
with
the
back
of
your
hand before opening
them,
and
to
use
the
alternate
exit
if
the
door is hot. Make sure
they
do
not
open
the
door
if it
is hot.
•
Teach household members
to
crawl
along
the
floor
to
avoid dangerous smoke, fumes
and gases.
• Determine a safe meeting place
for
all
household members
to
regroup
at
outside
the
building.
PRACTICE FIRE
SAFETY
Practice
your escape plan
at
least
twice
a year,
making sure
that
everyone is
involved-
from kids
to
grandparents.
Practice
the
escape plan with
children, including holding one
at
night when they
are sleeping.
If
children or others do
not
wake
up
to
the
sound
of
the
smoke alarm, or
if
there
are infants or family members with
mobility
limitations, make sure
that
someone is assigned
to
help
them
for
the
fire
drill
and
in
the
event
of
an
emergency. Current
studies have shown
smoke alarms may not awaken all sleeping
individuals, and
that
it
is
the
responsibility
of
individuals
in
the
household
that
are capable
of
assisting others
to
provide assistance
to
those
who may not
be
awakened by
the
alarm sound,
or
to
those who may be incapable
of
safely
evacuating
the
area unassisted.
WHAT
TO
DO
IN CASE
OF FIRE
•
Get
out
now.
•
Don't panic;
stay
calm.
• Operate
your
safety
plan as previously
planned.
•
Alert
small
children in
the
home and those
who may need
extra
assistance.
•
Leave
the
building as
quickly
as possible.
Touch doors
with
the
back
of
your hand and
make sure
they
are
not hot
before opening
them.
Use an
alternate
exit,
if
necessary.
In
case
of
smoke,
crawl
along
the
floor, and
DO
NOT
stop
to
collect
anything.
Close
the
doors behind you.
•
Meet
at
a pre-arranged meeting place outside
the
building.
• Once
outside, do a head count, and
call
the
fire
department.
•
DO
NOT
reenter
the
house, unless a fire
official
says
it's
safe
to
reenter.
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