If the door is hot, use an alternative exit. Teach children never to go back into a burning building. Upon leaving the burning house or building, children whose clothes have caught on fire should immediately stop, drop to the ground and roll themselves back and forth to quickly extinguish the flames. Take children to your local fire station for a tour. Children will be able to see a firefighter in full firefighting gear and learn that he or she is someone who puts out fires and saves children.
Fires can frighten even the most prepared.
But by thoroughly learning and practicing basic fire safety, every member of your family will have a better chance at staying alive and safe. Local coalitions and chapters are located in Barber, Clay, Ford, Johnson, Marion, Osage, Pottawatomie, and Shawnee Counties, as well as Hutchinson, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Manhattan, Norton, Salina, and Wichita. Kansas SAFE KIDS is part of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign.