Establish a safe escape route for your home

5/2/2019 (Permalink)

If there was a fire at your home, are you prepared to get out safely? Does your family know where to meet outside of your home? It is vital to have a fire escape plan in place that will help you and your family get out of your home safely in case of a fire. Here a few suggestions to get your family to safety in the event of a large fire.

1. Make a Plan.

Have a family meeting and walk through your home to identify all exits and possible escape routes. If you have children consider drawing a floor plan that identifies at least two exits out of each room, include windows and doors. Hang a copy of the floor plan in each child's room.

2. Practice your escape route.

Have a family meeting at least twice a year to practice the escape routes you have agreed on and meet at a predetermined safe meeting spot.

3. Determine a safe meeting spot outside of your home.

Find a spot in front of your home that would be a safe meeting spot for your family in the event of a fire. Make sure the spot is far enough away from the home to be safe but close enough to get to quickly and out of the way of responding fire departments. The mailbox at the end of a drive or a spot agreed upon by the family.

With these 3 tips you can help get you and your family safely out of your home. Property can be replaced but our families can not. Let us here at SERVPRO of White Plains and New Rochelle help you get your home back to “Like it never even happened."