FIRE SAFETY
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Make Your Home Fire Safe
- Smoke alarms save lives.
Install a smoke alarm outside each sleeping
area and on each additional
level of your home.
- If people sleep with
doors closed, install smoke alarms inside
sleeping areas, too.
- Use
the test button to check each smoke alarm once a month. When necessary,
replace batteries
immediately. Replace all batteries at least
once a year.
- Vacuum away
cobwebs and dust from your smoke alarms
monthly.
- Smoke alarms
become less sensitive over time. Replace
your smoke alarms
every ten
years.
- Consider having
one or more working fire extinguishers in
your home.
Get
training
from the fire department
in how to use them.
- Consider installing
an automatic fire sprinkler system in
your home.
Plan Your Escape Routes
- Determine at
least two ways to escape from every room
of your home.
- Consider escape
ladders for sleeping areas on the second
or third floor.
Learn how to use
them and store them near the window.
- Select
a location outside your home where everyone
would meet after escaping.
- Practice
your escape plan at least twice a year.
Escape Safely
- Once you are
out, stay out! Call the fire department
from a neighbor's
home.
- If you see smoke
or fire in your first escape route, use
your second way out. If
you must
exit through smoke, crawl low under the
smoke to your
exit.
- If you are escaping
through a closed door, feel the door before
opening it.
If it is warm, use
your second way out.
- If smoke, heat,
or flames block your exit routes, stay
in the room with the
door closed. Signal
for help using a bright-colored cloth
at the window. If there is a telephone
in
the room,
call the fire department and tell them
where you are.
For more information on fire safety contact 920-468-8535.
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