Home Fire Safety Checklist

Have Smoke Alarms: Install one in every bedroom or sleeping area and one on every level of your home.

Have the Correct Smoke Alarms:

• Standard: Photoelectric/or Ionization smoke alarms. 
• Bed Shakers: For hearing impaired, deaf, elderly.
• Strobe Lights: For hearing impaired, deaf, elderly that plugs directly into the wall. Industrial strobe. 
• Nest: Smoke/CO combo that alerts your phone when it goes off.

Test Your Alarms: Press the smoke alarm test button once a month to assure your alarms work.

Change Batteries: For 9-volt battery smoke alarms, change batteries once a year or when alarm chirps.

Have CO Alarms: Install a working CO alarm on every level of your home.

Best Placement: CO alarms are best near kitchens, garages, utility rooms, appliances.

Change CO Alarms: Install new CO alarms every 6 to 8 years.

Safety Tip: If you are having any symptoms like:

• Headache
• Dizziness
• Weakness
• Upset stomach
• Vomiting
• Chest pain
• Confusion

Please call your local fire department to come evaluate your home CO level.

Plan Your Escape: Have a plan designed around your abilities. 

Things to Consider: 

• Can you get out on your own without equipment or assistance?
• If you need equipment, be sure it is accessible at all times.
• If you need someone to assist you, answer the who, what, when, where and how.
• Make sure your equipment fits through all exits.
• Use a bedroom on ground floor close to an exit if possible.
• Install exit ramps or widen door to make escape easier.

Know Two Ways Out: Include family, neighbors, friends or a building manager in practicing your escape plan.

Windows and Doors: Practice opening locked windows and doors.

Service Animals: Be sure to include any service animals in your plan.

Need Extra Help? Call your local fire departments non-emergency number if you need help with your escape planning

In a fire you have very little time to escape. Be prepared by having essential items in a bag that you or first responders can easily grab.

• Seven (7) day supply of necessary medications.
• Emergency contact information
• Contact information for equipment replacements
• Necessary medical supplies/refills. 

When contacting 911 be sure to tell dispatcher: 

• Full name.
• Nature of disability.
• Your exact location within home.
• Any necessary/life-saving equipment needed (i.e. wheelchairs, medication, oxygen).

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