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Explain that it is important to have an Escape Plan and practice it so that everyone knows what to do if a fire occurs.
Explain that it is important to have an Escape Plan and practice it so that everyone knows what to do if a fire occurs.
Discuss and demonstrate each of the following fire-safety behaviors:
* Get low and go under the smoke to the nearest way out.
* Don't open any doors until you check the door to make sure it is not hot.
* Get out of the home and stay out.
* Meet your family at your Outside Meeting Place.
Invite students to role-play each of the fire-safety behaviors one-by-one.
* Don't open any doors until you check the door to make sure it is not hot.
* Get out of the home and stay out.
* Meet your family at your Outside Meeting Place.
Invite students to role-play each of the fire-safety behaviors one-by-one.
Review these safety tips about smoke alarms:
- Smoke alarms make a loud noise if there is smoke or fire in your home.
- Smoke alarms use batteries. Have a grown-up test the smoke alarms in your home once a month. If the batteries don’t work, the smoke alarm won’t work.
- Have a home fire escape plan. Know two ways out of every room in your home.
- When the smoke alarm sounds, get outside and stay outside.
- Whenever you leave home because of an emergency, go to your family’s Outside Meeting Place. Wait there for your family.
How to use a Fire Extinguisher:
Before you start make sure that you understand the operating instructions of you extinguisher.
· Pull the pin.
· Aim the nozzle at the base of the fire.
· Squeeze or pump the handle.
· Sweep from side to side at the base of the flame.
To help you remember these four actions use the word PASS
