| Fire safety in your home and with your
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| | years. Plan and practice two escape
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| family is paramount in keepingkids safe.
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| | routes out of each room of the house. It
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| Know the baiscs of good fire prevention
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| | is important to have an alternate escape
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| and tecah you children good fire safety
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| | route in case one is blocked by fire.
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| technqiues.
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| | Fire drills should be practiced
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| A small fire can grow into a deadly one
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| | spontaneously throughout the year, as
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| within minutes. To help prevent a
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| | home fires and home fire-related deaths
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| tragedy, closely inspect your home to
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| | are more likely to occur during
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| eliminate potential hazards. Prepare your
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| | cold-weather months, December through
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| home for an emergency, and teach your
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| | February.
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| family about the dangers of fire and how
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| | Keep furniture and other heavy objects
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| to escape. If a child is coached properly
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| | out of the way of doors and windows, so
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| ahead of time, he or she will have a
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| | they won't block an escape.
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| better chance of surviving.
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| | Designate an outside meeting place, so
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| 1. First, eliminate potential hazards
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| | all members of the family can be
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| with these eassy tips:
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| | accounted for quickly.
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| Keep matches, lighters and other heat
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| | 3. Teach your children safety methods:
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| sources out of children's reach. Playing
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| | Children should know the sound of the
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| with matches and lighters is the leading
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| | smoke alarm. When they hear it, teach
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| cause of fire deaths for children ages 5
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| | them to:
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| and under.
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| | Crawl low under smoke. An estimated
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| Keep flammable items such as clothing,
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| | three-fourths of childhood fire deaths
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| furniture, newspapers or magazines away
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| | are caused by the smoke and toxic gases
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| from the fireplace, heater or radiator.
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| | produced as a fire develops and spreads.
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| Keep all portable heaters out of
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| | Touch doors before opening them. If the
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| children's reach.
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| | door is hot, use an alternative exit.
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| Avoid plugging several appliance cords
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| | Never go back into a burning building.
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| into the same electrical socket.
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| | Children should be reminded not to stop
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| Replace old or frayed electrical wires
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| | or return for anything, such as a toy or
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| and appliance cords, and keep them on top
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| | to call 9-1-1. A call to 9-1-1 should be
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| of, not beneath rugs.
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| | placed after leaving the premises.
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| Store all flammable liquids such as
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| | "Stop, drop and roll." Upon leaving the
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| gasoline outside of the home.
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| | burning house or building, children whose
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| 2. Prepare your home with safety and
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| | clothes have caught on fire should
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| announcement devices with these easy
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| | immediately stop, drop to the ground and
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| tips:
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| | roll themselves back and forth quickly to
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| Install smoke alarms on every level of
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| | extinguish the flames.
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| your home and in every sleeping area.
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| | Take children to your local fire station
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| Consider installing both ionization
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| | for a tour. Children will be able to see
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| alarms, which are better at sensing
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| | a firefighter in full gear and learn that
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| flaming fires, and photoelectric alarms,
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| | he or she is someone who saves children,
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| which are better at sensing slow, smoky
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| | not someone to be afraid of or hide from.
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| fires.
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| | Also, be sure you're not teaching your
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| Test smoke alarms monthly. Maintain
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| | children bad habits. Don't let them see
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| alarms by replacing batteries at least
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| | you smoke in bed or disconnect smoke
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| once a year, and replace alarms every 10
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| | alarm batteries!
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