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.