MEMBERS

  
Stop, Drop and Roll

• If your clothes catch on fire, you must immediately STOP moving, DROP to the ground (covering your face with both hands as you drop), and ROLL over and over until the flames are out.
        
• If someone else's clothes catch on fire an observer may need to assist the person to the ground and smothering out the flames.   USE CAUTION: the flames can spread to your clothing.  Coats, rugs, blankets or other heavy cloth items can be used to help smother the flames.  
        
• Once the fire is out, cool the area with cold water (if available), and remove burned clothing that is not adhered to the victim's skin if possible.
        
• Call 911 immediately for medical assistance.

Home Safety

It has been proven that citizens can safely escape during home fire emergencies with proper preparation and practice. 

• Keep doors to bedrooms closed during sleeping hours. This helps buy you time by keeping the smoke and flames at bay.
• Keep a flashlight by your bed.  In case of fire or electrical outage you can use the flashlight to help you find your way out.
• Have two or more escape exits from every room.
• Ensure that windows can be easily opened by anyone to indicate his location to someone outside, to get fresh air, or for purposes of secondary escape in case of fire emergency (exact action must be predetermined activity). Place a sticker on the windows that tells firefighters where the children's bedrooms are located.
• Train children properly if they are expected to use fire escape ladders (particularly in two - to three-story dwellings).
• Alert other family members of possible danger if awakened by the smell of smoke (for example, by blowing a whistle kept by every bed).
• Roll out of bed onto the floor if awakened by a smoke alarm.
• Stay low because dangerously heated gases may be at the top of the room.
• Crawl to the door. Feel the door, if it is warm, use the window for escape.
• Establish a meeting place outside the home so that all members can be accounted for. Never go back inside the house once outside.
• Call 911 from a cellular phone or a neighbors house. 
• Teach children not to hide. If they hide from the fire, they are also hiding from rescue.

Fire prevention in the home:

• Make sure working smoke alarms are in every room and hallway.
• Keep working fire extinguishers in the kitchen, garage, and any place that runs a risk of fire.
• Place matches and lighters out of reach of children.
• Remove trash from the vicinity of stoves and heaters. Never leave a towel sitting by the stove.
• Have your parents replace frayed electric wires and broken plugs.
• Wet down contents of an ash tray before throwing them out.

Create an escape plan:

In a fire or other emergency, you may need to evacuate your home, apartment or mobile home on a moment's notice. You should be ready to get out fast.

Develop an escape plan by drawing a floor plan of your residence. Using a black or blue pen, show the location of doors, windows, stairways, and large furniture. Indicate the location of emergency supplies (Disaster Supplies Kit), fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, collapsible ladders, first aid kits and utility shut off points. Next, use a colored pen to draw a broken line charting at least two escape routes from each room. Finally, mark a place outside of the home where household members should meet in case of fire.

Be sure to include important points outside such as garages, patios, stairways, elevators, driveways, and porches. If your home has more than two floors, use an additional sheet of paper. Practice emergency evacuation drills with all household members at least two times each year. Practice using the escape routs in the dark.

If you see a building on fire:

• Call 911
• DO NOT GO INTO THE BUILDING.
• Get the people out by yelling, hammering on the door, setting of a smoke alarm if one is available.