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Living Safe for escape. You will not want to leave shards of
FPW 2017 A practiced home escape plan glass that can cut a person. Breaking a
prepares everyone in the house to
window should not be a practiced aspect
know what to do when conditions are
of your escape plan, but you must have
By Pete Hypes drastically different. A smoke-filled a discussion with your family about it.
house makes things look much different. The end of any escape from a burning
ast week was Fire Prevention Concerning a rescue ladder, it is Something else to keep in mind is that building is to “get out and stay out!” It
Week, commemorating the Great important to practice with the ladder pets, small children, and bedridden will be hard to leave a loved one in a
L Chicago Fire. This year’s theme prior to using it in an emergency. The people will have to be assisted out. burning building, but chances are great
is: “Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways best way to practice with a rescue ladder Again, this needs to be a practiced that you will become another victim if
Out!” The emphasis is on a practiced is to deploy it and then go outside and part of the plan. When considering the you go back inside. The quicker that
home escape plan, but it could be climb it from the ground up. If you secondary exit, it is important to know 9-1-1 is called, the quicker that properly
applied to any building that you enter. want to practice a window escape, then that the door or window can be opened. trained firefighters with proper levels
Whether it is the place where you I recommend that you deploy it out of If a window cannot be opened, then it of protective equipment will be able to
work, go to school, sleep in, or shop, a first-floor window. Climb out of the may need to be broken completely out. search for and rescue trapped occupants.
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