1. Alert others by shouting "Fire".
2. Walk in a crouched position.
3. Escape through nearest exit.
4. Don't waste time dressing.
5. Don't try to gather valuables.
6. Never open a hot door.
7. If possible, place a wet cloth over nose and mouth.
8. Close all doors behind you.
9. Meet at a pre-established location outside your home.
10. Call fire department from a neighbor's phone.
11. Never go back into a burning house.

ESCAPE PLANNING

ALMOST EVERY HOME IS A FIRE TRAP

Most homes have only one route of escape - the one hallway or stairway to the front door. If this passage is blocked by flame or smoke, you are in a trap! Don't let your past luck in not having had a fire make you overconfident.

HEAT RISES!

1,000 degree temperatures can travel far ahead of the actual flames. Your normal escape path can become a DEATH TRAP...when you open your bedroom door to escape. Your hallway or stairway can become filled with long scorching heat, poisonous fumes and blinding, choking smoke. "In a fire, HEAT hits you like a slap in the face, SMOKE blinds your eyes, HEATED GASES choke your breath away. No wonder people PANIC...do senseless, fatal things!"

WHERE DO MOST HOME FIRES START?

...in this order:
A) Living Room 37%, B) Kitchen 22%, C) Basement 14%, D) Bedrooms 13%, E) all others 14%. Most fires start where they are likely to block your usual hall-stairway escape (from bedrooms).

YOU MUST PLAN 2 EXITS FROM EVERY BEDROOM!

• Rouse all occupants immediately.
  
• Get out of the building immediately, using your escape plan.
  
• Get the entire family together and keep them together - don't let anyone go back in the building, even to attempt a rescue.
  

• Call the fire department. If you call by telephone, stay on the line until you're sure the dispatcher has the location of your house. If you use a fire alarm box, stay at the box so you can show the fire department where the fire is when they arrive.