Some items covered in the course:
Fire Escape Plan
Together with your family or housemates, develop and practice a Fire Escape Plan.
Nightly Fire Safety Checks
A fire safety check only takes a few minutes each night and can be the difference between life and death. Make it part of your routine before you go to bed
More Quick Tips for Fire Safety
The following do’s and don’ts will help you prevent a fire starting in your home, and may even save lives.
Don’t
- Smoke when you’re in bed or tired.
- Leave candles unattended.
- Leave children alone near an open fire.
- Leave matches or lighters in reach of children.
- Overload electrical sockets; one socket = one plug.
- Use a heater or a cooker to dry clothes.
- Use petrol or paraffin to light a solid fuel stove.
Do
- Keep a working smoke alarm on every floor of your home.
- Keep a fire safety kit in the kitchen that includes a fire extinguisher and a fire safety blanket.
- Clean your chimneys at least once a year.
- Use a spark guard with open fires.
- Use proper holders for candles.
- Repair or replace faulty electrical appliances immediately.
- Do a safety check before you go to bed.
Fire Escape Plan
Together with your family or housemates, develop and practice a Fire Escape Plan.
Follow our easy steps to create your plan:
- Have at least two ways to get out of the house, in case one way is blocked by fire.
- Stay low to the ground when escaping as the smoke will be less dense there.
- Agree on a meeting point in a safe place outside the house.
- Make sure everyone knows to call the emergency services by dialing 999 or 112, and to calmly and clearly tell the operator what service you require, the address and your phone number; only hanging up the call when the operator tells you to.
- Just in case both escape routes are blocked, decide on a room where all of you can gather and wait to be rescued. There should be a phone in this room so you can call for help. Close the door and seal the bottom with towels or blankets to stop harmful smoke entering.
- Never re-enter a burning house for personal items.
Nightly Fire Safety Checks
A fire safety check only takes a few minutes each night and can be the difference between life and death. Make it part of your routine before you go to bed, following these steps:
- Turn off gas appliances.
- Put out candles and naked flames.
- Place a spark guard in front of an open fire.
- Empty all ashtrays.
- Keep your way out completely clear.
- Close all doors.
More Quick Tips for Fire Safety
- Keep ladder in the room that offers the best exit route from a window.
- Keep torches in the main rooms of the home and especially in the master bedroom in case the fire causes a power outage.
- Feel all doors before opening them; if a door is hot, get out another way.
- a fire extinguisher and a fire safety blanket in the kitchen and know how to use them.
- Only attempt to put out a fire yourself if it is safe to do so.
- Keep a fire escape
Duration
2 hours