Owner's Manual
FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
CREATE
AN
ESCAPE
PLAN
TO
PRACTICE
Be
prepared when your smoke/CO
alarm
sounds
its
alarm. Develop a
family
escape
plan, discuss
it
with
all household members,
and practice
it
regularly.
• Make sure everyone is
familiar
with
the
sound
of
your
smoke/CO
alarm and explain
what
the
sound means.
•
Determine
TWO
exits
from
each room and
have
an
escape route
to
the
outside
from
each exit.
•
Teach all
the
members
in
your household
to
check doors
for
heat
with
the
back
of
your
hand before opening them, and
to
use
the
alternate
exit
if
the
door
is hot. Make sure
they
do
not
open
the
door
if it
is hot.
•
Teach household members
to
crawl
along
the
floor
to
avoid dangerous smoke,
fumes
and gases.
• Determine a safe meeting place
for
all
household members
to
regroup
at
outside
the
building.
PRACTICE
FIRE
SAFETY
Practice your escape plan
at
least
twice
a year,
making sure
that
everyone is
involved-
from
kids
to
grandparents. Practice
the
escape
plan
with
children, including holding one
at
night when
they
are sleeping.
If
children or
others do
not
wake up
to
the
sound
of
the
smoke alarm, or
if
there
are
infants
or
family
members
with
mobility
limitations,
make sure
that
someone is assigned
to
help
them
for
the
fire
drill
and in
the
event
of
an
emergency.
Current studies have shown smoke alarms
may
not
awaken all sleeping individuals, and
that
it
is
the
responsibility
of
individuals
in
the
26
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.
WHAT
TO
DO
IN
CASE
OF
FIRE
•
Get
out
now.
•
Don't panic;
stay
calm.
• Operate your
safety
plan as previously planned.
•
Alert
small
children in
the
home and
those
who may need
extra
assistance.
•
Leave
the
building as quickly as possible.
Touch doors
with
the
back
of
your hand and
make sure
they
are
not hot
before opening
them.
Use an
alternate
exit,
if
necessary.
In
case
of
smoke,
crawl
along
the
floor, and
DO
NOT
stop
to
collect
anything.
Close
the
doors behind you.
•
Meet
at
a pre-arranged meeting place
outside
the
building.
• Once outside, do a head count, and
call
the
fire
department.
•
DO
NOT
reenter
the
house, unless a
fire
official
says
it's
safe
to
reenter.