Fire Escape Plan

9/3/2021 (Permalink)

An average of 353,100 homes experience a structural fire each year (NFPA). Once the smoke alarm sounds, a fire can spread quickly, leaving only a minute or two to escape. That’s why it is so important to have a home escape plan.

Start by drawing a map for your home and follow these guidelines from the National Fire Protection Association:

• Plan two way to escape from each room
• Make sure all doors and windows leading outside open easily
• Identify secondary route—a window onto an adjacent roof or a collapsible ladder from upper-story windows
• If you live in a multi-story building, plan to use the stairs—never the elevator
• Designate an outside meeting place that is a safe distance from the house where everyone should meet