Plan and practice your home fire escape plan during Fire Prevention Week, October 9 -15
Oshawa Fire Services challenges families to plan and practice their home fire escape plan as part of Fire Prevention Week. This year’s Fire Prevention Week runs from October 9-15, 2022 and the theme is “Fire won’t wait, plan your escape”
In a fire, you may have just seconds to safely escape your home. Be prepared in advance with these simple steps for home fire escape planning:
- Assess the needs of everyone in your home: Identify anyone who requires assistance to get out of the home safely, such as small children or older adults.
- Make sure that you have working smoke alarms on every storey of the home, outside all sleeping areas and in bedrooms as required: Make sure everyone in the home knows the sound of the smoke alarm.
- Identify all possible exits (doors and windows) and make sure they work: Know two ways out of all areas, if possible.
- Everyone must know what to do when the smoke alarm sounds: Assign someone to help those who need assistance; Identify a safe meeting place outside; Call the fire department from outside the home – from a neighbour’s home or a cell phone.
- Practice your home fire escape plan at least twice a year: Have everyone participate. Make changes to your plan if necessary.
In support of Fire Prevention Week, Oshawa Fire Services will be in the community providing information on fire safety, smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, fire extinguishers and fire equipment. Visit Oshawa Fire Services staff at the Oshawa Centre Wednesday, October 12 through Saturday, October 15.
Community members are encouraged to visit Home-Fire-Escape-Grid.pdf (sparkyschoolhouse.org) to create a home fire escape plan. Be one of the first 250 visitors to bring your completed plan to Oshawa Fire Services at the Oshawa Centre to receive a Junior Fire Warden badge.
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