Your Home Fire Safety Check List - Continued

No matter how many are in your family or how old your children are, you need to have a plan for fire escape. This could be as simple as where to meet after getting out of the house, how to climb out the window safely, why not to be afraid of getting out on the porch roof, and sometimes for the children in the second or third stories of a how, erecting a ladder that could be used as a temporary escape could be needed.

If you don’t have the money to buy a roll up ladder than can be put outside the second or third story windows, at least teach your child how to tie sheets or ropes together so they can get out if they have to. This could save a life, if not now, maybe as they hand these same methods down to their own children. 

Having a fire extinguisher in the home, at least one on every floor could save your home, property and a life if the situation ever arose. What you need to do is keep one stored under the kitchen sink, in the workroom, in the garage or where ever you feel that a fire could possibly be started. While extinguishers are inexpensive, they cost just about ten to twenty dollars for a small home extinguisher. This little extinguisher can save you thousands of dollars if a fire ever started, and then you put it out!

These are great ideas for the new homeowner, the newly married, and even for those who haven’t thought much about fire safety in the last few years. Tragedy and disaster can strike at any time and you get no warning, so your being prepared will ensure safety for your family and less worrying for yourself, as you know your family knows how to get out or put out a fire!