Show What will YOU do if Fire Strikes Plan Ahead Heres Here's How Call your family together and appoint afire a afire afire fire chief When the father is home hes he's the chief otherwise the mother a teen teen aged aged son or daughter even the baby sitter The chief stresses that all doors should be closed at night It takes fire 10 to 15 minutes to burn through a wooden door Next your family visits each bedroom and figures out two escape routes routes one one the normal exit the other a different door ora or ora ora a window Plan how each member of your family can reach the ground using the emergency emergency emer gency route Next decide on a meeting place outside the house Then make a floor diagram of each floor Mark the regular and emergency escape routes as well as the location of windows win dows doors stairs halls Put copies of this diagram in places where they will be bea a constant reminder Help EDITH Save Your Lite Life Once every member of your family knows the basic formula for survival in a home fire practice Operation EDITH Heres Here's how Before the family fire chief gives a predetermined emergency signal all members of your family are to be in their respective rooms The chief gives the signal A member of your family repeats the alarm Members of your family then close the doors between their rooms and the main exit Each member checks his emergency exit Whenever possible members of your fam fame ily evacuate Time the evacuation it evacuation it it will improve with practice After the evacuation your fire chief reassembles the family He stresses the value of keeping calm closing doors and testing doors to closed rooms for heat before opening them |