Ladybug!  Ladybug! Fly away home.
Your house is on fire And your children all gone.

All except one And that's little Ann,
For she crept under the frying pan.

Practice Fire Safety in Your Home

• Supervise young children closely. Do not leave them alone even for short periods of time.
• Keep matches and lighters in a secured drawer or cabinet.
• Have your children tell you when they find matches and lighters.
• Check under beds and in closets for burned matches, evidence your child may be playing with fire.
• Develop a home fire escape plan, practice it with your children and designate a meeting place outside.
• Take the mystery out of fire play by teaching children that fire is a tool, not a toy.
• Teach children the nature of fire. It is FAST, HOT, DARK and DEADLY!
• Teach children not to hide from firefighters, but to get out quickly and call for help from another location.
• Show children how to crawl low on the floor, below the smoke, to get out of the house and stay out in the case of fire.
• Demonstrate how to stop, drop to the ground and roll if their clothes catch fire.
• Install smoke alarms on every level in your home.
• Familiarize children with the sound of your smoke alarm.
• Test the smoke alarm each month and replace the battery at least once a year.
• Replace the smoke alarm every ten years, or as recommended by the manufacturer.

Finally, having a working smoke alarm dramatically increases your chances of surviving a fire. And remember to practice a home escape plan frequently with your family

Rules for Parents
Test bath water before your kids get in. Too hot can give them HORRIBLE burns! You might look into buying faucet locks to put in your bathtub, so that little ones can't turn on the hot water by themselves.

Be careful with gasoline! It could spill on you and turn you a human torch! And remember not to store gasoline or paint (or other flammable substances) anywhere near any gas powered utility like water heaters.

Place a fire detector in every room in the house (and on every floor), and be sure to check their batteries at least twice a  year.

Be sure that your children know what to do if a fire breaks out in your house, like how to escape your home. Have them.come up with an escape plan showing at least two exits from every room.
Always have at least two working Fire extinguishers! They could save your families life! Be sure to test them, and have one on each floor of your house.
Hold Fire drills in your house. Be sure that your kids have an escape plan ready in case there is a fire. Be sure to show them every route possible for exiting your house, including their bedroom window.
Make a note of who is around you while you're cooking. Make sure to keep all kids and pets away from the hot stove! And also remember to turn the oven off when you are through! Also keep pot handles turned away from the stove's edge.
Do not smoke around gasoline or other flammable substances!

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