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Fire can grow and spread through your home very quickly. When the smoke alarm sounds, you need to react immediately and know exactly what to do, which takes planning and practice.

To be fully prepared for a home fire:

• Draw a floor plan of your home, marking all doors and windows, and the location of each smoke alarm
• If windows or doors have security bars, equip them with quick-release devices
• Locate two escape routes from each room. The first way out would be the door, and the second could be a window. If you must use a second story window as an escape route, consider buying fire escape ladders as a means of emergency escape
• As you exit your home, close all doors behind you to slow the spread of fire and smoke
• If your exit is blocked by smoke or fire, use your second exit to escape
• If you must escape through smoke, stay low and crawl under the smoke to safety. Smoke will rise to the ceiling, leaving cooler, cleaner air close to the floor. Crawl on your hands and knees, not belly, because heavier poisons will settle in a thin layer on the floor
• If you live in a high-rise building, use the stairs - never the elevator
• Choose a meeting place a safe distance from your home and mark it on the escape plan. A good meeting place would be a tree, telephone pole, or a neighbor's home. In case of fire, everyone should gather at the meeting place
• Make sure the street number of your home is visible to firefighters
• Once outside, call 9-1-1 immediately from a nearby or neighbor's phone, or use a portable or cellular phone you can grab quickly on the way out. Practice your escape drill at least twice a year
• NEVER go back inside a burning building! Once out, stay out!