WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF A FIRE

In Case Of Fire

If you wake in bed with smoke in the room:

• Roll out of bed.
• Stay low and crawl to the door. Smokes fills a room from the ceiling down.
• Test the door with the back of your hand.
• If the door is hot, go to another exit.
• If the door is cool, open it slowly and go to your meeting place outside the home.
• Use your neighbor's phone and call for help (DIAL 911).
• Do not go back in your home. You may be seriously injured.

Highrise Apartment

Follow the same rules and include the following: Take the stairs when exiting. Close the door behind you and take your keys. Do not use the elevator. Elevators may open at a floor on fire or stop working, trapping you inside.

If You Are Trapped Inside Your Apartment

• Close the doors between you and the fire.
• Stop up cracks and vents to keep smoke out.
• Put a wet cloth over your nose and wait at a window.
• Phone the fire department, DIAL 911.
• If unable to reach a phone, signal for help with a sheet or flashlight.

If Your Clothes Catch Fire

• STOP - Do not run. It will fan the flames, making them bigger.
• DROP - To the Ground or floor immediately and cover your face with your hands.
• ROLL - Over back and forth to smother the flames.

Emergency Phone Procedure

• DIAL 911.
• Ask for the service you want:
  • FIRE
  • POLICE
  • AMBULANCE
• Give your address.
• Give your room number and floor.
• Give your name.
• Give the type of emergency.
• Don't hang up until the emergency operator finishes talking to you!
• Give your phone number.