Fire Safe: An Escape Route for Fires

Do you have an escape route in case of a fire? If not, you should start working on one with your family. People can die because they don’t have an escape route. Here are some ways to get out of the house if it is on fire.

First, you should always have a meeting spot. A good place is by your mailbox, street-light, fire hydrant, or an electric box if near. Second, talk about how to get out of the house if you’re upstairs, downstairs, or in the basement. Let’s start with the upstairs. If you’re in a bed-room with the door closed, check to see if the door is cool. If it is, then it’s safe to go. Then army crawl to the stairs. Once you are at the stairs and you don’t see any signs of fire, slowly go down the stairs on your bottom. Next, if there’s no fire around crawl to the front door. While you’re doing that, look around to see if there’s any fire in front of you, beside you, or behind you. Once you get to the door, run out of the house and use a neighbors phone to call 911. On to the downstairs. If you’re sitting on the couch or making a sandwich, you’re lucky because if yo...