Practice Your Home Fire Escape Plan for Western Kentucky

4/1/2022 (Permalink)

Creating and practicing a home fire escape plan is simple. Follow the steps below to make sure everyone in your home is prepared and knows what to do in case of a home fire.

• Make a written home fire escape plan and practice getting out in under 2 minutes.
• Make sure you have smoke alarms on every level of your home and in each bedroom. Test them twice a year.
• Learn the best practices for home fire safety and fire safety with children.

Make an escape plan:

• Learn two ways out of every room in your home, in case one exit is blocked or dangerous to use. A second way out can include an escape ladder for rooms on an upper level.
• Practice getting low and moving to your exits in case there is smoke.
• Choose a safe meeting place a safe distance from your home. 
• Have a home fire drill at least twice a year.

Conduct a Home Fire Drill:

Fires can start anywhere in the home and at any time, so run through the plan at different times of the day or night and practice different ways out.

For more information about fire safety go to: https://www.ready.gov/home-fire-escape-plan