Parents:

• Supervise your children closely. Do not leave them alone even for short periods of time.
• Keep matches and lighters in a secured drawer or cabinet.
• Develop a home fire escape plan, practice it with your children and designate a meeting place outside.
• Teach children the nature of fire. It is Fast, Hot, Dark, and Deadly.
• Teach children not to hide from firefighters, but to get out quickly and call for help from another location.
• Show children how to crawl low on the floor, below the smoke, to get out of the house and stay out in the case of a fire.
• Demonstrate how to stop, drop and roll if their clothes are on fire.
• Install smoke alarms on every level in your home.
• Familiarize children with the sound of your smoke alarm.
• Test the smoke alarm monthly and replace the battery at least once a year.
• Supervise your children closely. Do not leave them alone even for short periods of time.
• Keep matches and lighters in a secured drawer or cabinet.
• Develop a home fire escape plan, practice it with your children and designate a meeting place outside.
• Teach children the nature of fire. It is Fast, Hot, Dark, and Deadly.
• Teach children not to hide from firefighters, but to get out quickly and call for help from another location.
• Show children how to crawl low on the floor, below the smoke, to get out of the house and stay out in the case of a fire.
• Demonstrate how to stop, drop and roll if their clothes are on fire.
• Install smoke alarms on every level in your home.
• Familiarize children with the sound of your smoke alarm.
• Test the smoke alarm monthly and replace the battery at least once a year.