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Martin
Lesperance Firefighter/paramedic, speaker, best selling author |
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 Escape Plan Once
you find out that there’s a fire in your home, you must get out immediately.
Have an escape plan. Draw up a plan of your house and mark escape routes
from everywhere in the house. Determine a primary and an alternative escape
route from each room. Decide on a place where everyone is to meet as soon
as they’re out of the house. This could be a tree, a street light, or a
neighbor’s front door. Make sure the meeting place is a safe distance from
the house. Practice your escape plan regularly. Have someone sound the alarm,
then rehearse what you would do and where you would escape to in case of
a fire.
Review the plan frequently with all family members. Ask
your local fire department for more information about fire prevention.
Tell your children if there’s a fire they must not hide
in a closet or under the bed. If they’re hiding it’s much harder for a
fire fighter to find them when searching the house. Explain to them that
if they see a fire fighter during a fire he will be wearing a mask and
will look scary; explain that they should run to him and not away from
him. Also tell them that when there’s a fire, it’s okay to break a window
to call for help.
If there is a fire in your home, this is the
proper response:
If you can’t get out of the house because of heat or smoke and you’re on an upper floor, close the door of the room you’re in. Plug any cracks under the door with bedding to prevent smoke from entering. Open a window and scream for help to get someone’s attention. Don’t jump out of the window unless there is no other choice. I answered a call to a fire that had started in a house trailer in the middle of the night. Both adults had died of smoke inhalation in the bedroom. Two children were found burned beyond recognition at the back door. The back door had been locked - and the lock was out of reach of the children. This
information was taken from the book, “I Won’t be in to Work Today - Preventing
Injuries at Home, Work and Play” by Martin Lesperance. To order this book
or to find out more information, go to www.safete.com and click on books
and products. Sign up for his free safety newsletter at www.safete.com.
Martin speaks across North America on the topic of injury prevention.
Copyright 1997 SafetyHealth Publishing Inc. Martin Lesperance is a fire fighter/paramedic and is the author of the best selling book "I Won’t be in to Work Today – Preventing Injuries at Home, Work and Play" Martin delivers keynote presentations dealing with injury prevention. His talks are funny, but still have a strong underlying message. Visit his website at www.safete.com
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