Fire

Smoke Alarms

• Make sure your home has working smoke alarms.
• Place a smoke alarm on every level including inside each sleeping room and outside each separate sleeping area. Interconnect the alarms so when one sounds, they all sound.
• Install smoke alarms and alert devices to assist family members who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• Alert devices, such as strobe lights, flash when the smoke alarm sounds. Pillow or bed shakers may be useful to wake a person who is sleeping. The shakers are triggered by the sound of the smoke alarm and shake people awake to warn them of a fire.
• Test your alarms at least once a month. Press each test button to make sure it is working.
• Review the Consumer Product Safety Commission, www.cpsc.gov, website for information on recalled smoke alarms.

Barbeque Grill Safety

https://beaconny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BBQ-Grill-Safety.pdf

Home Escape Plan

• Plan your home escape; including two ways out of each room. Share the escape plan with everyone in the family and guests.
• The plan should include two ways out of every room and an outside family meeting place.
• Share the escape plan with everyone in the family and guests.
• Practice your fire drill.
• Make sure children, older adults, and people with disabilities have assistance.
• Make sure your home has bright lighting in stairways to prevent falls.
• Remove clutter to prevent trips and falls to allow for a quick escape.
• Install handrails along the full length of both sides of the stairs.
• If you live in an apartment, know the location of all available exit stairs on your floor in case the nearest one is blocked by fire or smoke and use the stairs to get out, never use the elevator unless directed by the fire department.

Fire Response

• If there is a fire, get outside quickly and stay outside. Then call 9-1-1.
• If you can’t get outside call 9-1-1. Let the fire department know you can’t get outside. Wave a light-colored cloth or a flashlight near the window, but don’t open the window.
• If there is smoke, use your second way out. If you must escape through smoke, get low and go under the smoke