Fire Safety Information
Escape Plan
Prepare and practice a home escape plan twice a year, including drills at night. Know two ways out of every room (door & window) and identify a meeting place outside the home where everyone will gather once they have exited the residence. When two people have reached the meeting place, one should leave to call 999* while the second person stays to account for additional family members. Establish a rule that once you’re out, you never go back in to the house under any circumstance!
*NOTE IF THE PROPERTY HAS GAS:
For Carbon Monoxide incidences/emergencies call Transco on 0800 111 999.
Fire Prevention
Never smoke in bed, or leave cooking food unattended. Teach children never to play with matches or lighters! Train everyone in the home to recognise the alarm pattern, voice message warning and to leave the home using their escape plan when it’s heard. Know how to do Stop, Drop and Roll if clothes catch on fire, and how to crawl low under smoke. Install and maintain fire extinguishers on every level of the home and in the kitchen, cellar and garage. Know how to use a fire extinguisher prior to an emergency. Second level and higher occupied rooms with windows, should have an escape ladder.
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