Do you routinely practice home fire drills? Here's a quick and easy guide to get you started:
1) Where: Answer--everywhere. Each month, on a set day of the month, pick a new location to practice evacuating from until you've covered the entire house, then start over.
2) How: From the room you are practicing from, consider the following: Rescue: Who/what should you rescue from this room if it is the one you must get out of? Which doorway? Which window? What if one or the other is blocked? Use a red towel to symbolize the fire line, and then have your family figure out a safe escape. Alert: Where in this room can they find a way to alert the rest of the family? The fire department? Contain: What can they use in this room to try to contain the fire? Where is the closest extinguisher? Are there sprinklers? Smoke alarms? What do they sound like from that room? Extinguish: Is it possible?
3) When: Monthly...from at least one room in the house. Also, try it in the middle of the night at least twice a year...who does the smoke alarm wake up? Who sleeps through? Whose job is it to be whose buddy?
4) Have a meeting place outside the home, safely away from the building. Where is it? What do you do if someone is not there? Remind the family that no one goes back in...the fire department is trained to do this and will as soon as they arrive...so stay together.
These are the basics. For more info, read the book!
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We recently had a home fire, and wish to help others through our experience. PLEASE SHARE with your community. Thank You! - Suzann Brucato
The classical elements of life are fire, earth, water, and air. What though are the elements of living? Having recently experienced a home fire, our family has learned what those basic elements are ... family first, then shelter including clothes and a safe place to sleep, faith in God and in ourselves, and food to nourish both our bodies and our spirits. We have recently published FIRE, EARTH, WATER, AIR, a family literary magazine sharing words and images reflecting our journey ... through the fire. We hope they help you find PEACE. - preview available at http://www.MatriarchJourney.com
I like your plan to practice one room each month. Seems like doing it all at once might be too much to take in at one time, but one room a month - easy.
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