Home Fire Drills Practice fire drills with the entire family. Arrange a meeting place to ensure everyone has escaped. Do not permit anyone to reenter a burning structure. Many deaths result when people reenter a burning structure to save possessions or pets. Clean chimneys regularly.
Second mission is to suppress the fire.
If people are still in a burning structure, the fire department cannot begin suppressing the fire until they have gotten the people out. One per house is usually sufficient. Place in a location where air from the entire house circulates past the detector. The computer systems provide the 911 center with the address where the phone is located. Phone company routes call to the proper 911 center.