RPPSOA   Family Fire Safety Plan A set of procedures for your home is a good thing to have when dealing with an emergency. As a family, discuss various emergencies and develop plans for how the family members are to deal with them. Survival rates increase in homes with emergency plans. A home evacuation plan should contain at least the following; Procedures for actions taken during an emergency An evacuation plan showing alternate escape routes An assembly point. Draw a floor plan of your home. Include the following: primary and secondary exit route from each room. The primary route should be directly to the outside such as through the window. The location of any fire equipment Mark the area where everyone is to meet once they are outside of the house. Mark the location of utility shut-off switches and valves. Physically check the exit routes to be sure that anyone, who will need to use them, can use them. This will clarify the need for things like escape ladders, ramps, security grill release mechanisms for protected doors and windows, and the availability of keys for double key locks. . Go over the plan with the entire family. Make sure that everyone understands that they are not to go back into the house or apartment once they are out. Go to the meeting area and wait. Discuss how to feel the door if it is closed and not to open it if it is hot. Talk about the danger of smoke and heat and the importance of staying low. Discuss what to do in the event that they become trapped. Be sure that everyone knows what the smoke detector sounds like. The first thing to consider when formulating a plan is to have some method of being made aware of the danger. Smoke detectors are simple, automatic devices to provide that notification. You may also consider providing each bedroom with a whistle of some sort as a manual method of notifying the family to get out. Sleeping with the doors closed provides barriers between those you love and night time fire in your home. The average household door will last approximately three to five minutes with a fully involved room. Closed doors have saved many lives by giving people the time to escape. Sometimes, people with small children or infants think that leaving, the door at night will enable them to hear in case their children cry or call out. In a fire the open door may allow toxic gases to enter the rooms and render both the parents and the children unconscious before any of them are aware of the problem. Inexpensive devices not only allows monitoring other rooms, but in some cases, communicating with them. MORE>>>> RPPSOA Welcome to the Rohnert Park Public Safety Association's website. Use this site to inform yourself to the event, goals and views of the association and its members.