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Fire Safety
I have been noticing a lot of house fires lately. Most of these people lose everything and I have seen their requests on Freecycle for household items.
The following is an Escape Plan I found and have reviewed with our children. We have had them climb down the second story window using our fire escape ladder (which they thought was a lot of fun!)
Do YOU have a safety plan? Do YOUR kids know where to meet you once safe outside? Do they know fire/smoke safety? This is a great real-life lesson - hopefully one you will never have to use.
Do you have an ESCAPE PLAN?
There is one primary rule of life safety to follow when there is a fire in your home – GET OUT QUICKLY. In order to get everyone out of the house safely and quickly, YOU NEED AN ESCAPE PLAN. The escape plan is vital because everyone must know what to do and what not to do; it may save the lives of your loved ones.
There are seven basic parts to the Escape Plan:
Make a floor plan
Alternate escape routes
Know the procedures
Practice
Help for infants, elderly and disabled
Meeting place
Summoning the fire department
Make a floor plan
Draw up a floor plan of your home, indicate all doors and windows, as well as stairways, porches, and porch or garage roofs.
Alternate escape routes
Figure out two ways to reach the ground or another safe location from each room, especially from each bedroom. Indicate both escape routes on your floor plan. If no alternate route is available, you need to be particularly careful to prevent fires; perhaps you could put an extension telephone in the room so you could call for fast help in case of fire.
Know the procedures
Knowing procedures in case of fire can ensure your safe escape. Review the following procedures with your family:
Sleep with bedroom doors closed. In case of fire, the doors will hold back deadly flames, heat, and smoke, allowing extra time to escape by an alternate route or obtain help.
If you awaken in your bed and think there may be a fire, don’t jump up out of the bed – hot, poisonous fire gases may be in the room above your head. Roll out of the bed and onto the floor.
Stay low when smoke or hot gases are present; air nearer the floor is cooler and contains less smoke. If possible, hold your breath and cover your nose and mouth with a damp cloth as you escape.
Don’t rush into other rooms or hallways if you think a fire may be present. Put the palm of your hand against the door. If it feels cool, it should be safe to enter the room or hallway. Bracing the door with your foot, open slightly and place your hand across the opening to determine how hot the air is. If the adjacent room or hallway seems to be cool, and there are no flames or smoke, you may be able to use this regular route of escape.
If the door feels hot, that room or hallway is already filled with deadly heated gases. Keep the door closed and use an alternate escape route.
If you can leave by the hallway, you may alert other family members by shouting or pounding on doors.
A window may be the only alternate escape route. Be sure these windows work easily and are large enough and low enough to be used. If there is a balcony or porch or garage roof outside the window, use it as an escape route or wait on it for help. You can alert neighbors or firemen by shouting. Sometimes an escape ladder can be provided to reach the ground from a window.
If, when trying to escape, a window cannot be opened, use a shoe, chair, or other object to break the glass and to clear off the jagged edges. Blankets or other bedding can be thrown over the sill as protection against cuts.
Practice
Practice the escape procedures regularly by actually going through the actions – and practice them at night occasionally, too. Don’t forget to practice alternate escape routes and make sure everyone participates so they can know what to do. And remember to tell the babysitter about the escape plan and procedures; have the babysitter participate in a drill.
Help for infants, elderly and disabled
The elderly, the disabled, and infants may need special help in getting out in case of fire. If necessary, assign someone to help them. In many localities, the fire department can provide decals that can be placed on doors or windows to indicate to firemen where infants or disabled persons may be found.
Meeting place
Arrange to meet a preplanned location well away from the house; common meeting places are a street corner, a street light pole, a fire hydrant, a tree, etc. Once everyone has escaped from the building, do not reenter for any reason.
Summoning the fire department
Notify the fire department of the fire, either from a nearby telephone or by operating a fire alarm box. If by telephone, be sure to give your street number. If using a fire alarm box, wait at the box to direct firemen when they arrive. It may be possible to send a family member who has already arrived at the meeting place and been accounted for to notify the fire department. Let the fire department fight the fire; don’t attempt to do it yourself.
REMEMBER: GET EVERYONE OUT OF THE HOUSE THEN CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Shack Controversy
Since putting The Shack on sale, we have been contacted by some of our customers concerned about the book's theological views. First, let me say, that The Shack is NOT non-fiction. Please remember that it is fiction!
If you have any concerns about The Shack, we invite you to visit the following websites for more information:
If you are skeptical, or know some who is skeptical about "The Shack" we would like to offer you something for FREE!
Mark and I have been reading two books written by two different theologians, both entitled "Finding God in The Shack".
If you would like a FREE copy of one of these books, please let us know!
To differentiate between the two, I have outlined them below:
Finding God in the Shack #1) Great points. A bit harder reading and delves deeper than Book #2. Questions for discussion at the end of each chapter.
Finding God in the Shack #2) Great points. Easier reading. A little bit shorter book.
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