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WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF
A FIRE IN YOUR HOME
• If you have made a family escape plan
and practiced it with your family, you have
increased their chances of escaping safely.
Go over the following rules with your
children each time you have fire drills. This
will help everyone remember them in case
of a real emergency.
• Don't panic, stay calm. Your safe escape
may depend on thinking clearly and
remembering what you have practiced.
• Notify every member in the residence of
the fire.
• Get out of the house as quickly as
possible. Follow a planned escape route.
Do not stop to collect anything or to get
dressed.
• Feel the doors to see if they are hot. If
they are hot, do not open them – use an
alternative escape route.
• Stay close to the floor. Smoke and hot
gases rise.
• Cover your nose and mouth with a cloth
(wet if possible). Take short, shallow
breaths.
• Keep doors and windows closed. Open
them only if you have to in order to
escape.
• Meet at your planned meeting place after
leaving the house. Carry out a head count.
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• Call the Fire brigade on 999 as soon
as possible from outside your house. If
possible use a neighbours phone or call
box rather than a mobile phone (as the
location can be traced from the number if
the line is lost, or the battery runs out for
example).
• Give the address and your name.
• Never go back inside the building until a
member of the fire service has told you it is
safe to do so.
Contact your local Fire Brigade. They will
give you more ideas about how to make your
home safer from fires and how to plan your
family's escape.
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