Smoke alarms may just inform of jeopardy. Then you should take appropriate measures to escape. If you do not act fast and efficiently, the additional time given by the alarm might be wasted. The perfect way to guarantee that your family will do everything well in an emergency is to work out an escape plan and practice it. The main aspects in a home escape plan are the following: 

Immediately Leave the Home
Do not waste time gathering your belongings. Call the fire-station from a neighbor’s house without delay. Choose the safest exit way; however, if you have to go through smoke, do not forget to crawl low beneath the smoke.

Know Two Exits from Every Room
When the main exit is obstructed by smoke or fire, you will require another one. This may be a window onto an adjoining garret or by applying an escape ladder.

Practice getting away by either way to make certain that windows are not tight and blinds may be pulled out fast. Doors and windows having security bars require rapid release tools to let them be opened immediately during a fire. In addition, practice getting away in the dark.

Feel the Door
When you approach the closed door, make use of the back of your hand to feel the door handle and the split between the door and the door frame to be certain that fire is not on the other side. In case it is hot, make use of your secondary exit way. And even when the door is not hot, open it watchfully. When smoke and heat get in, shut the door and make certain it is firmly closed. Make use of your second way to get away.

Have an Arranged Meeting Place
All of you should meet at a pre-agreed place, so that you will know that everybody is ok and nobody will be injured searching for somebody who is safe by now. Choose one person to go to a neighbor’s house to call the fire-station.

Once out, STAY OUT
In no way return into a burning house for any reason. In case somebody is absent, inform the fire fighters. They have all necessary equipment to complete rescues securely.