Mapping Out Your Escape Plan: Multi- Family Dwelling

9/21/2016 (Permalink)

A fire escape plan example.

Did you know that if a fire starts in your home, you'll have just two minutes to escape? That's why it's important to have working smoke alarms in your home, develop an escape plan and practice that plan. Practice your plan until everyone in the household can evacuate in less than two minutes. Test smoke alarms every month and replace the batteries as needed. Consider placing escape ladders in rooms on upper floors. Identify two exits from every room. Install smoke alarms on every level of the home, including inside and outside each bedroom and in the basement.

Tips for creating and practicing your escape plan:

• Everyone in your household should know two ways to escape from each room in your home.
• Decide where to meet once you get outside.
• If a fire starts, you may have just two minutes to get to safety. So time your fire drills and find out: what’s your escape time?
• Smoke is dangerous. Practice low crawling.
• Teach household members what to do if their clothes catch fire: stop, drop and roll.