Consider escape ladders for sleeping areas on the second or third floor. Learn how to use them and store them near the window. Select a location outside your home where everyone would meet after escaping. Practice your escape plan at least twice a year. Fire Fire is one of the most common disasters.
Fire causes more deaths than any other type of disaster.
But fire doesn t have to be deadly if you have early warning from a smoke detector and everyone in your family knows how to escape calmly. Please be serious about the responsibility of planning for and practicing what to do in case of a fire. Be prepared by having various household members do each of the items on the checklist below. Then get together to discuss and finalize your personal Fire Plan. Install smoke alarms outside each sleeping area and on each additional level of your residence.