Teach Your Children These Fire Safety Tips

10/19/2021 (Permalink)

Teach your children fire safety and make an escape plan before a fire happens to your home. It could save a life.

It is a proven fact that educating your children on fire safety can make a lifesaving difference.

There are hundreds of stories nationwide of how children who were taught fire safety were able to save themselves during fire emergencies. When children are taught a fire escape plan and fire safety, they remain calm when a fire happens because they know what to expect and what action to take.

Fire safety and prevention takes a team effort, so it is imperative that parents sit down with their children to discuss the fires of danger and to make a plan of action.

Here are a few at home fire safety tips for parents to teach their children:

• Draw a map of your home.
• Show all doors and windows.
• Visit each room.
• Find two ways out.
• All windows and doors should open easily.
• You should be able to use them to get outside.
• Make sure your home has smoke alarms.
• Push the test button to make sure each alarm is working.
• Pick a meeting place outside. It should be in front of your home.
• Everyone will meet at the meeting place.
• Make sure your house or building number can be seen from the street.
• Talk about your plan with everyone in your home.
• Learn the emergency phone number for your fire department.
• Practice your home fire drill. 

If you have suffered fire damage to your home in Stark County please call SERVPRO of Northwest Stark County at 330-497-4600 or visit our website at: www.SERVPROnorthweststarkcounty.com for more information about our services.