Down in the
Risk Assessment Post I mentioned the number one Disaster that we face on a
daily basis.
FIRE
The game I
want you to play is;
How many
ways are there to get escape out of the house? Or, what is our fire
escape plan?
This is the
perfect starting point for the evacuation sequence of your Emergency Action
Plan. You are building one right?
If you have
children it is very important to get them involved in the game, they will love
it. It is entirely possible that they know some things about your house that
you don’t. Have some fun.
So how this
is game played?
1. Draw a Floor Plan of your House/Apartment/Condo/Trailer
etc.
2. Find at least two ways to get out of
every room in the house3. Identify where the “Meeting Place” will be. Tree, Light Pole, Neighbors Yard, etc.
4. Practice using each and every possible “Escape
Route” by crawling to them to use them.
5. Finish marking the Floor Plan with your
usable routes and “Meeting Place”
6. Practice a several times a year, at
different time during the day, or night.
7. Identify changes in your environment
that may make a once usable route non usable, adjust your Floor Plan
accordingly. Practice the new plan.
8. Post the Floor Plan at eye level in
every room in the house.
Below is a
quick Museum quality rendition of my Floor Plan, Made it with the Paint program
on the computer. I am certain that your budding Nine year old Picasso can
probably do a much better job.
I recommend
that you search for expanded information on the subject of escaping your home.
This game is
intended just to get you thinking. I
would be remiss if I was to imply that this is all that needs to be examined on
the subject of a fire escape plan.
The internet
is full of stuff. I like the American Red Cross page; for starters.
It is
straight forward and goes into some detail on multi-level abodes.
Bonus
Question: If a Fire starts; how much time will you have to get out of the
house?
Till next
time.
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