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Luray Volunteer Fire Department |
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1 Firehouse Lane Luray, VA 22835 Phone: (540) 743-5585 Fax: 540-843-0991 About Us History Members In Memory Fallen In The Line Of Duty Gallery Fire Safety Children Auxiliary Events Calendar Statistics News Links Home |
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Plan your route with the following grid form: Word Document of Grid PDF(Adobe Acrobat Reader) Grid · Install a smoke alarm on every floor of your home. Check the batteries once a month, and change the batteries at least twice a year. · Keep fire extinguishers where they are most likely to be needed and keep matches out of children’s reach. · Precautions with candles and oil burners. Click HERE to find out more. · Always keep space heaters away from curtains and other flammable materials. · Install guards around fireplaces, radiators, pipes and wood-burning stoves. · Plan and practice a fire escape route with your family or roommates. · Gather everyone together at a convenient time. · Sketch a floor plan of all rooms, including doors, windows and hallways. include all floors of the home. · Plan and draw the escape plan with arrows showing two ways, if possible, to get out of each room. Sleeping areas are most important, since many fires happen at night. · Plan to use stairs only, never an elevator. · Plan where everyone will meet after leaving the building. · Designate who should call the fire department and from which phone. · Plan to leave the burning building first and then call from a phone nearby, if possible. · Remember and use the following guidelines to escape from fire: · If smoke is present, crawl low to escape. Because smoke rises in a fire, breathable air is often close to the floor. · Make sure children can open windows, go down a ladder and lower themselves to the ground. · Practice with them. Always lower children to the ground first before you go out a window. · Get out quickly and do not, under any circumstances, return to a burning building. · If you cannot escape, stay in the room and stuff door cracks and vents with wet towels, rags or clothing. · If you cannot escape through a door or window, and a phone is available call 911, even if rescuers are already outside. Tell the Dispatcher your location. Then Dispatcher will tell the Firemen the location and they will be able to find you faster and get you out safely. |