PARTNERS IN PREVENTION FAMILY ■ SCHOOL ■ FIRE SERVICE Have Two Ways Out! THANKS TO: 2A Have Two Ways Out! Chicago Sun-Times Thursday, October 11, 2012 A message IFSA from: Illinois Fire The Illinois Fire Safety Alliance is a non-profit organization that brings individuals and groups together who Safety Alliance share a common interest in fire safety. The IFSA sponsors several programs funded entirely through private SM donations. They include: ■ Summer Burn Camp (CAMP “I AM ME”)—for children ages 8 to 16 who are burn survivors. The Illinois Fire Safety Alliance (IFSA) wants to thank you ■ Get Fired Up About Fire Safety—a fire prevention/safety curriculum for schools. An interactive CD version is for taking the time to read this special Fire Safety and Burn available in English and Spanish. Prevention section of the Chicago Sun-Times. This section is ■ Farm/Rural/Wildland Fire and Burn Prevention Guide-available free of charge. appropriate for children and adults alike, and contains puzzles, ■ A Momentary Touch That Will Last a Lifetime!—“A Sparkler Story” DVD available free of charge depicting games and learning activities. Adult involvement with the kids the effects caused by a sparkler burn. on these activities will greatly enhance the ultimate goal and ■ Bath Buddy Thermometers—distributed to every hospital’s newborn ward in Illinois for new parents. effectiveness of this year’s National Fire Prevention Theme, ■ Fireworks Committee—helps draft legislation and laws in Illinois. “Have Two Ways Out”. Make the investment of time with your ■ Home Fire and Burn Prevention Guide—available free of charge. kids and every member of your family, neighbors and friends to ■ Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention Program: a standardized statewide program to provide education/ talk about the information in this section. Treat it as if their life intervention and referrals if warranted for the children and families of Illinois to reduce the number of fire depends on it! related activities by juveniles. For more information, please contact the IFSA at (800) 634-0911 or [email protected]. I hope you find this special section, now in its thirteenth year, ■ Fire Safety and Burn Prevention for Older Adults–fire and life safety information for older adults, whether they informative and educational. It is a great opportunity to share live independently or in a residential facility. The program includes these topics: Smoking, Kitchen Safety, an educational experience that is potentially lifesaving. Heating, Smoke Alarms, Escape Plans, Electricity, In Case of Fire, Burn Care, Candles, and Fire Safety Checklist. If you know a young burn survivor who would like information about Burn Camp “I AM ME”, or if you or your organization is interested in helping fund IFSA programs, please contact the IFSA at (800) 634-0911, or visit Jim Saletta www.ifsa.org. President Illinois Fire Safety Alliance THANKS TO: In the News James Saletta Locate an article in your e-edition newspaper about a home fire. Use complete President, IFSA sentences to answer as many of the following questions as you can about your Fire Chief, Huntley WEB SITES article on a separate piece of paper. Mary Werderitch American Burn Association: www.ameriburn.org Executive Director, IFSA 1. Why did the fire start? American Red Cross: www.il-redcross.org Terry Pluta OBJECTIVE: Vice-President, IFSA Identifying the cause and 2. Where did the fire start? Chicago Fire Department: www.ci.chi.il.us Dottie Ahbe 3. What type of injuries or property Director, IFSA effect of a fire. Chicago Sun-Times: www.suntimes.com damage resulted from the fire? Deborah Keegan ComEd: www.exeloncorp.com Special Sections, SUMMARY: 4. Who was injured in the fire? Chicago Sun-Times Realizing the 5Ws (Who, 5. When did the fire start? Illinois Electric Council: www.safeelectricity.org Mike Perrone Director, Distribution, What, Why, When, Where) 6. Were there working smoke alarms Consumer Product Safety Commission: www.cpsc.gov Chicago Sun-Times will increase the awareness in the home? Sandy Mather 7. Explain at least two ways the fire could Illinois Fire Inspectors Association: Sr. Manager, and understanding of what www.illinoisfireinspectors.org Circulation Sales and Marketing, causes a fire. have been prevented. Chicago Sun-Times Illinois Fire Safety Alliance: www.ifsa.org School Fire Drills Write the correct word on each line. Illinois Fire Service Institute: www.fsi.uiuc.edu 1. We should always __________________ during a fire drill. Illinois Safety Council: www.ilsafetycouncil.org (run — skip — walk) OBJECTIVE: National Fire Protection Association: www.nfpa.org 2. We should be __________________ during a fire drill. Participate in fire drills at school. (noisy — quiet — loud) National Fire Sprinkler Association: www.nfsa.org 3. When we get outside the school, we should go to our SUMMARY: ___________________________________. National Safe Kids Campaign: www.safekids.org Fire drills are important (meeting place — friend’s house — house) Survive Alive House: www.survivealivehouse.com procedures that each student must 4. When the school fire alarm sounds, we should listen to our U.S. Fire Administration — practice in order to be ready in the ___________________________. (friends — strangers — teachers) Federal Emergency Management Agency: event of a fire. www.usfa.fema.gov 5. We should have a school fire drill once a ________________. 1. walk, 2. quiet, 3. meeting place, 4. teachers, 5. month 5. teachers, 4. place, meeting 3. quiet, 2. walk, 1. Answers: (week — month — year) Underwriters Laboratories: www.ul.com Chicago Sun-Times Thursday, October 11, 2012 Have Two Ways Out! 3A WHAT’S YOUR PLAN? OBJECTIVE: Develop a home escape plan. SUMMARY: BEDROOM BEDROOM BEDROOM Families need to plan and practice what to do in the event of a fire, and post their plan where they can all see it. It’s your family’s turn! LIVING With your family, draw a map of your home. ROOM KITCHEN FAMILY ROOM Mark the windows, doors, and smoke alarms. Next, show two ways out of each room. Be sure to show your meeting place. Put the fire MEETING PLACE department’s phone number on your map. Test Escape Route your smoke alarms and then practice your plan! Look at the house floor plan above and answer the following: 1. How many ways can you get out of each room? ____________________________________ Include in your escape plan: 2. Label the ways out of each room with different colored arrows. 1. Windows, doors, stairs and hallways. 3. If there is a fire, where should you be when you call the fire department? _______________ 2. Two ways out of every room. 3. More than one escape route 4. Where is the meeting place? _____________________________________________________ from your house. 5. Where should the smoke alarms be placed? ________________________________________ 4. Location of all smoke alarms. 5. Outside meeting places. Practice makes perfect. Stay Low and Go Include all family members in your home fire drill and Study the picture and read the follow these important steps: statements below it. Fill in each blank using a word from the list. ■ Know what your smoke alarm sounds like. ■ Have everyone lie down on their bed with their doors Below closed. Chimney ■ Alert everyone. (whistle/shout) ■ Roll out of bed. Alarm ■ Go to the door. Stay below the smoke. Feel the door Rises with the back of your hand before opening it. ■ If the door is cool, hold your body against the door Smoke and carefully open it to look for fire or smoke on the Suffocated other side. ■ If there is no smoke, exit quickly. But remember, if 1.____________from a fire several rooms away can kill you. Wake the door is hot or you see fire and smoke, 2. Smoke won’t ____________ you, it will kill you first. use a second way out. 3. Victims are ____________ by smoke loaded with poisonous gases before the fire reaches them. ■ Practice feeling your way out of the house in the dark or with your eyes closed. 4. Smoke and fire can travel up a stairway as if it were a ______________. ■ Everyone should meet at your safe meeting place 5. If trapped in smoke, get _________ the smoke and quickly get to safety. outside. 6. There should be at least one smoke ___________on every level of your home. ■ Pretend to call 9-1-1 or the fire department from a 7. It is easier to breathe air near the floor because heat and smoke ___________. safe place. 1. smoke, 2. wake, 3. suffocated, 4. chimney, 5. below, 6. alarm, 7. rises 7. alarm, 6. below, 5. chimney, 4. suffocated, 3. wake, 2. smoke, 1. Answers: Answers: ■ Tell the fire department that everyone is out. Answers: 1. kitchen: matches and lighter not stored properly discussion. a for class the join to firefighter the Invite board. bulletin classroom the on points 2. kitchen: unattended cooking on a stove important the share and dangers, fire about know should students things five top the out Find interview. 3. kitchen: flammable dish cloth is too close to stove an conduct to ask and department fire your of number non-emergency the Call firefighter! a Interview 4. kitchen: cooking can cause false smoke alarms that might be ignored EXTRA: SAFETY HOME 5. living room: metal screen (MS) or tempered glass (TG) near fireplace (missing) 6. living room: unattended candles burning with nearby papers 7. living room: smoke alarm too close to window 8. master bedroom: blankets too close to space heater 9. master bedroom: no smoke alarm 10. bedroom: window blocked by furniture 11. closet: fire escape ladder should be under a bed 12. hallway 1: blocked by bicycle, toys, clothes, and other clutter 13. family room: overloaded electrical outlet 14. family room: door is the only way out (missing windows) 15.