FIRE... could a simple escape plan save their lives????

The smoke detector goes off in the middle of the night...... You get up and there is smoke all around.....you run franticlly through your home  making sure all your kids are out and safe...... You find one of your children screaming in a corner.... not knowing what to do...... You grab them and run out of the house as you stand out side and watch you house burn down to the ground..... It is all good but only because your most irreplaceable things are standing beside you..... What have you taught your kids to do in a fire and what safety things do you have in you home???

I remember last year Michaela an Tiana yelling FIRE FIRE as John stood in the backyard watching a tree burn just frozen not knowing what to do....... Aidan went straight into emergency mode grabbed the fire extinguiser from my kitchen and immediately extinguished the fire...... After calming John from what seemed like some sort of shock..... we got to the bottom of what had happened......He was playing with a lighter near one of my bottle brush trees..... one of his clever mates had showed him how to make a huge flame if you use a spray can and light it.... EXCELLENT I thought how many times have I told this boy about the dangers of fire?? The answer is heaps!!!

My husband is a fire fighter and we have tried to teach our children as much respect about fire we can and tried to teach them about the dangers and how quickly fire can change its mind and how unforgiving it is.....

These are a few things we do in our home to try to be safe from this beautiful yet dangerous and unforgiving beast..... FIRE

Do you have smoke detectors....... All homes should have them.... Keep the batteries up if they are battery operated or you can have the ones that are hard wired.....

Do you have a fire extinguisher.... you should have one in your kitchen..... or a fire blanket to put out any unexpected fat fires etc....

Most importantly do you have a fire drill.... You do them at work and at school but do you do them at home.... what do you have in place if the need arises.... Sure you can tell your kids this is what you do in a fire etc..... but have you had an actual drill....

We have a two story place with trees and water tanks near the outside verandah so those are our methods of leavinh the upstairs floor... the downstairs floor has sliding doors that lead onto the verandah so those are the exits down there......

We have an actual plan of action if a fire occured in our home but do you????

But most importantly have a drill in the day during the night with the lights off and on..... Plan exits.... organise a meeting place.... have a few practice runs......You might think it is a bit much but when you are trying to protect your most valuable things in your life is it???

Most of all plan ahead..... if it never happens then what can it hurt but if it does happen isn't it better to be prepared??

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Have a great day
Cheers
Angie