Fire safety in your home - doors and escape plans

Having an effective plan of action in the event of a fire in your home, greatly improves your chances of escaping successfully. If you are woken by your smoke alarm or by the sounds of what you think is a fire.

STOP! THINK! ACT!

  • Wake all the members of your family and make your way out together through the nearest exit.
  • Once outside call the Fire and Rescue Service, using the nearest means possible.
  • Stay out of the house until the Fire and Rescue Service tells you it is safe to return.

Remember the Fire and Rescue Service motto:

GET OUT,
GET THE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE OUT,
STAY OUT

  • Draw up an escape plan so that everyone in the house knows what to do if the smoke alarm goes off during the night.
  • Establish your route out of the house.
  • Include alternative routes in case the way is blocked.
  • Make sure that everyone knows where to gather once they are out of the house.