Smoke Detectors

If you take anything at all from away the information provided here, please let it be this: Smoke Detectors Do Work and & practicing a Family Escape Plan is one of the most important things you can do with your family.

Studies throughout the years have proven - time and time again - that smoke alarms save lives; thousands of lives a year, in fact. Statistics show that homes with smoke alarms typically have a death rate that is 40-50% less than the rate for homes without alarms. Not only are having smoke alarms in your home vital, but proper installation, upkeep, and placement are important factors as well. Having a Family Escape Plan is also essential; as is regular practice of the plan so that everyone remembers what to do in case of an emergency.

The information on this page is here to educate, inform, and help you learn more about fire safety, to guide you in becoming more aware of its essentially, and to edify the explicit need for fire safety items and procedures in every home.

FIRE ESCAPE PLANNING

It is essential to have a Fire Safety Plan for your family, and - even more importantly - to practice it; make it something that everyone in the family knows to follow in the event of a fire in the home. Practice the plan with your children until they know it by heart. This simply can't be stressed enough. Many children's deaths due to home fires are preventable if the child knows what to do if a fire breaks out in the home.From About.com's Fire Safety for your Family page:Although a smoke alarm should warn you when there is a fire, you still need to get your family out. Does everyone in your family know what to do, how to get out of the house and where to go?A home fire escape plan is especially important because recent reports have shown that smoke alarms may not wake up many sleeping children.As part of your home fire escape plan, you should figure out two ways to escape from each part of your home. This is important because your most obvious exit may be blocked by the fire. Do you have a ladder to get out of second floor windows.Making a drawing of your plan may be helpful for younger kids.you should also have a plan for how each family member is going to get out. While older children and teens can likely be responsible for their own escape, younger kids, elderly family members and anyone with a disability may need help escaping. Designating a 'buddy' to give assistance to those who need it can help to make sure that everyone gets out safely.Lastly, plan a place outside the home where everyone is supposed to meet once they get out.

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