Fire Safety in the Home

If you haven’t taken the time to discuss fire safety with your family, then you really should. Here are some of the rules of fire safety your family needs to know.

1) Install smoke detectors on each level of your home and outside of each sleeping area.
2) Test batteries in smoke detectors and change them every six months. If you change them when you change the time on your clocks it will make it easier for you to remember.

3) Have an escape plan and practice it. This is the most important thing for all ages. In an emergency you will instinctively do what you know, and you will know what you have been practicing.
4) If you encounter smoke, try an alternate route and crawl on your hands and knees. You should always have 2 ways out of every room.
5) Don’t open a door if it feels hot. If it feels cool, brace your shoulder against it and open it slowly. If you see smoke, close the door and escape through a window or alternate route.
6) If your clothes catch on fire, STOP, DROP, and ROLL.
7) Once you’re out, stay out!

Tips to Share with Your Kids to Keep Them Safe

Many parents think their kids have learned safety rules in the classroom at school. In most cases this is true, but just to make sure they know what to do, take a few minutes to go over these safety tips.

1) Settle disputes with words, not fists or weapons.
2) Turn off the violence (on TV, in movies, etc.)
3) Do not stand around watching when others are arguing; a group makes a good target for violence.
4) Trust your feelings; if you sense danger, get away fast.
5) Stay well out of reach if approached by someone you don’t know.
6) Never go anywhere with someone you don’t know and trust.
7) Have a family “password” for emergency situations.
8) If someone tries to abuse you, say “NO!,” get away, and tell a trusted adult.
9) Run, Yell, and Tell.