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Teaching Children Fire Safety
The following tips should help keep your child aware should a fire occur in your home
- Teach your children to never play with matches or lighters. Follow through on that teaching by keeping matches or lighters out of reach of children.
- Make sure children know what the smoke detector alarm sounds like and what to do when it goes off.
- Let children participate in making a home fire escape plan. Practice it at least twice a year.
- If your children are too young to escape on their own, designate a family member to be responsible for them.
- Practice fire drills at night. Will your children wake to the sound of a smoke detector alarm?
- When practicing your home fire escape plan, teach your children to test any doors before they open them. You test the door for heat using the back of your hand. Make sure your child knows not to open that door if it is hot or if smoke is coming under the door. That is when you use your second exit from that room. If the door is not hot make sure you close the door behind you when exiting to help slow down or stop the fire.
- Another thing to practice during a fire drill is crawling low to the ground. Be sure your children know that in a fire situation the air is cleaner and cooler closer to the ground.
- Never re-enter a burning building to rescue pets or for any other reason.
- Reassure your child that should a fire start, accidental or otherwise, they should tell an adult immediately.
- In a fire emergency, younger children may try to hide from the fire. Be sure your children know that they should never try to hide but should exit the building immediately.
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