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Smoke Alarms In Your Home You should have smoke alarms in every room You should have smoke alarms outside of every sleeping area in your home You should have smoke alarms on every level of your home including the basement Test your smoke alarms every month Change the batteries in your smoke alarms every year
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National Fire Prevention Week
October 9-15 2011Three ways you can protect
yourself and your FamilyCreated by Mr. Blackburn
Create and Practice and Emergency Evacuation Plan• Create a map of your home• Identify Two exits from each room• Identify a central meeting point to make
sure everyone is out of the house• Call for emergency help (911) or your local
fire department if you do not have 911 service in your area
• Practice your Emergency Evacuation Plan at least twice a year
• Watch this video “Doofus Dan”
Smoke Alarms In Your Home• You should have smoke alarms in every room• You should have smoke alarms
outside of every sleeping area in your home• You should have smoke alarms
on every level of your home including the basement
• Test your smoke alarms every month• Change the batteries in your smoke alarms every year
Resources Available to learn more about fire prevention and Safety• The National Fire Protection Agency
• Kidde Smoke, Fire, and Carbon Monoxide Alarms
• FEMA
• National Geographic
• NFPA Safety Tip Sheets (Very Useful Tools)
