No one wants to think that a fire could happen to them. However, it's good to be proactive and do some preventative actions to better ensure our children's safety in the event that a fire does occur. The following is a list of fire safety advice straight from a real fire fighter:
*Make sure your kids know not to hide or run from firefighters if their house is on fire. Instead, they should call out to the firefighters and know that firefighters are there to help them.
*If their clothes catch on fire, make sure they know to:
1) Stop Moving
2) Drop to the Ground
3) Cover Their Face with Their Hands
4) Roll Back and Forth Until the Fire is Out
*Practice Fire Drills in Your Home and Have One Meeting Place Outside that Everyone Knows to go To
*Check Your Smoke Detectors by Pressing and Holding the Button Until it Alarms to Make Sure it's Working Properly
*Change the Batteries in Your Smoke Detectors Every 6 Months. When you change your clocks, change your batteries
*Replace Your Smoke Detectors Every 10 Years- even if they're working properly
*Discuss hazards in your house with your children, and make sure they know to avoid them.
*Teach Your Children to stay away from candles, matches, and lighters. Make sure you don't place candles on an unstable table or by blowing curtains
*Remind Your Children Not to Play Near the Oven, Water Heater, Fire Place or Anything Else that could Potentially be Hot. Also teach them not to use the oven door/range as a step stool as it could tip over.
Well done! This is huge to me too.
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Great tips!
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Great tips to refer to! Forgive me if you already put this in your post... I've always heard having a family meeting place...and mock fire drills were helpful too.
ReplyDeleteI plan to write more details on how to do a fire drill and setting a meeting place later. I grew up as a firefighter's daughter, and would you believe I can't remember us even once doing a fire drill?!? However, I was an only child, so I suppose my dad figured he could grab just me pretty easily.
ReplyDeleteI hope to discuss both of those things with my children soon.