Good Safety Habits - Kidde TRUSENSE SMOKE User Manual

13. Good Safety Habits

Develop and Practice a Plan of Escape
Prepare and practice a home escape plan twice a year, including drills at night. Know two
ways out of every room (door & window) and identify a meeting place outside the home
where everyone will gather once they have exited the residence. When two people have
reached the meeting place, one should leave to call 911 while the second person stays to
account for additional family members. Establish a rule that once you're out, you never
re-enter under any circumstance!
• Make a floor plan indicating all doors and windows and at least two (2) escape routes
from each room. Stories above ground level may need a rope or chain ladder.
• Have a family meeting and discuss your escape plan, showing everyone what to do in
case of fire and where to meet after they leave the house.
• Ensure that small children hear the alarm and wake when it sounds. They must wake
up in order to execute the escape plan. Practice allows all occupants to test your plan
before an emergency. You may not be able to reach your children. It is important they
know what to do.
• Familiarize everyone with the sounds of the smoke alarm and train them to leave your
home when they hear it.
• Current studies have shown smoke alarms may not awaken all sleeping individuals,
and that it is the responsibility of individuals in the household that are capable of
assisting others to provide assistance to those who may not be awakened by the alarm
sound, or to those who may be incapable of safely evacuating the area unassisted.
• Install and maintain fire extinguishers on every level of the home and in the kitchen,
basement and garage. Know how to use a fire extinguisher prior to an emergency.
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