Safety Tip Tuesday - Home Fire Drill Day

On October 13th, let the home fire drill games begin! We do fire drills at school. We do them at work. Now let’s do them at home.

A home fire happens every 86 seconds, yet half of parents say their kids wouldn’t know what to do if their smoke alarm went off. Home Fire Drill Day is when we’ll change that by turning drills into family games.

You can join in here to pledge & play.

Step 1: Know Where To Go

  • Pick a safety spot that’s near your home and a safe distance away.

  • Explain to your kids that when the smoke alarm beeps, they need to get out of the house quickly and meet at the safety spot.

Step 2: Check Your Smoke Alarms

  • Test your smoke alarms with your kids so they know the sound.

  • Make sure there’s a smoke alarm on every level of your home, and one in each bedroom.

Step 3: Do The Drill

  • Have kids head to their bedrooms and wait for the drill to begin.

  • Got kids under 6? Assign adults to help anyone you will need it.

  • Put one adult in charge of sounding the smoke alarm and running the drill.

  • Next, sound the smoke alarm, start the timer and have everyone book it to the safety spot.

  • Once everyone gets to the safety spot, stop the timer. If you all made it in under two minutes, you each get an imaginary gold medal. If not, give it another try.

  • In a real fire, get to the safety spot, then call 911 and keep everyone close until firefighters arrive.

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Tools:

  • Get the App here

  • Use the worksheet to map your route

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Safety, AnnouncementsAli Burgess