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Review fire safety behaviors for the home.
Understand the importance of smoke alarms
and carbon monoxide alarms.
Discuss home escape plans.
• Stay Alert
• Never cook when drowsy from medicine or alcohol
• Remain in the kitchen when frying, boiling or
grilling
• Have a 3’ “kid free zone” around the stove
• Turn pot handles inward
• Keep combustibles (clothing, towels, paper)
away from cooking appliances
• Never use water on a grease fire
• Turn the heat off and cover with a lid
• Only use grills outdoors
• Placed grill 15’ from the
home, deck railings and
out from under eaves and
overhanging branches
• Keep children and pets at
least 3’ from the grill
• Keep your grill clean
• Never leave your grill
unattended
• Don’t overload outlets
• Avoid putting cords under furniture or rugs
• Plug major appliances directly into the wall
outlet
• Space Heaters
• Place on solid, flat surface
• Plug directly into the wall
• Turn off when you leave the room/before sleeping
• Fireplaces
• Use a metal or heat-tempered glass screen
• Burn only dry, seasoned wood
• Newspaper/kindling are allowed, never lighter fluid
• 3’ clearance around all heating appliances
• Furnaces should be inspected yearly
• Smoke outside
• Never in bed or when drowsy
• Use deep, sturdy metal or glass ashtrays
• Do not put out cigarettes in vegetation, potted
plants, mulch or trash cans
• Use sturdy holders
• Never leave a burning
candle unattended
• Keep candles away
from draperies and
linens
• Use flameless candles
which are both safe
and attractive
• Keep matches and lighters high out of the reach
of children or in a locked cabinet
• Purchase and use only child-resistant lighters
• Do not buy or use lighters that look like toys
• Never smoke in a home where oxygen is used
• Never use an open flame, including candles,
matches and lighters, around oxygen.
• Keep oxygen cylinders at least five feet from all
heat sources
• Post “OXYGEN IN USE” sign on the front door
• Working smoke alarms save lives
• Cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half
• Install in every sleeping room and on every level
• Owners must install alarms in rental properties
• Test monthly
• Change the batteries twice per year
• Consider dual sensor
• Ionization: flaming fires
• Photoelectric: smoldering fires
• “Silent Killer”: Odorless, colorless, tasteless
• Faulty furnaces or other heating appliances,
portable generators, water heaters, clothes
dryers, or cars left running in garages
• Symptoms include headache, nausea, and
drowsiness
• Fatal in high concentrations or long exposure
• One on every floor
• Test monthly
• Replaced according to manufacture
• A chemical reaction, characterized by the
release of heat and light
• Fire is…
• Draw a map of each level of the home
• Know 2 ways out of every room
• Designate a family meeting place
• Call 9-1-1 from outside
• PRACTICE
• Stay low
• Close the door
behind you
• Know two ways to get out
• Know the sound the
alarm
• Don’t ignore alarms
• Warn others
• Crawl low in smoke
• Use stairwells, not
elevators
• Close the door behind you
• Call 9-1-1
• Provide location and nature of the incident
• Activate manual pull-station to trigger the
evacuation of the building
• Take the stairs
• Walk, don’t run, stay in single file
• Do not run over fallen people, help them
• FD personnel may give directions on PA directing a
specific evacuation stairwell
• After evacuating the building:
• Meet family at predetermined meeting point
• Do not re-enter!! STAY OUT!!!
• Evacuation plans must be made in advance for
those needing assistance evacuating
• Building representatives should maintain a list
of individuals needing assistance
• Possibilities for shelter in place
• A room with a closed door, window access
• Stairwell landing or a single floor below, if possible
• Activated Alarm: 2 apparatus
• Structure fire: minimum of 10 apparatus
• Occupant status
• Number and location of people trapped
• Location of smoke or fire
• Unintentional alarm activation (burnt food,
workers, etc)
• Any hazards in the home
• High Rise Fire: Firefighters report Fire Control
Room to gather information from the alarm
panel
 nfpa.org
 fema.gov
 ready.gov
 cdc.gov
 cpsc.gov
 homesafetycouncil.org
 arlingtonva.us