Fire safety is an often-neglected topic in households. You teach kids about fire alarms and warn them of the dangers of fires and heat-producing appliances, but you may never take the time to plan what would happen if there were a fire in your home.<\/p>\n
A complete plan is more than realizing you need to get out in case of a fire. You should have a complete escape route, meeting place, and a plan for what to do next, so talk to your family and solidify your plans today!<\/p>\n
The first step is to complete a walk-through of your home with every member of your family. Examine each room individually and make sure that each has 2 exits (a window and a door) with a clear path. Make sure everyone knows how to open the windows. Some are more difficult than others, but you should have a way to get it open in case of emergency, including emergency releases indoors for security bars.<\/p>\n
In addition, your walk-through should include a look at the smoke alarms. You should make sure there is one near each area where people sleep and near the kitchen and living room. Test these once a month and replace smoke alarm batteries every 6 months.<\/p>\n
Some people may need a little extra help with the fire escape plan. Assign a designated person to assist an infant or a person with a disability. Make sure everyone in the family, including the smallest children, know how to call the fire department, and go over it with them frequently!<\/p>\n
Everyone in the family should agree upon what will be done when people are out of the home. There should be a meeting place like a separate mailbox or street sign away from the home. Let people know they should go to a neighbor\u2019s house if they need to call the fire department and not to stray from the meeting place unless it is necessary.<\/p>\n
Contact 2nd Generation Chimneys, Inc. for chimney and fireplace services in Minneapolis, MN or for more help with your family\u2019s fire escape plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fire safety is an often-neglected topic in households. You teach kids about fire alarms and warn them of the dangers of fires and heat-producing appliances, but you may never take the time to plan what would happen if there were a fire in your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[293],"tags":[299,99],"class_list":["post-2416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fire-safety","tag-fire-escape","tag-minneapolis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2ndgenerationchimneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2ndgenerationchimneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2ndgenerationchimneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2ndgenerationchimneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2ndgenerationchimneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.2ndgenerationchimneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418,"href":"https:\/\/www.2ndgenerationchimneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions\/2418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2ndgenerationchimneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2ndgenerationchimneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2ndgenerationchimneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}