Full set of escape secrets when a fire occurs

The following tips will help you to protect your life and your loved ones from a fire.

If the fire has not spread to the room

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  1. Greatly keep calm and react as soon as there are signs of fire(smell burning, burning, see smoke, fire alarms) . Take a blanket over your friend (not too thin or too thick so you can easily move) and leave the house right away.
  2. If you are unlucky, you can find the nearest water source or immediately lie down, hands on your face and roll over and over until the fire goes out.Do not run because the wind can cause the fire to burn further.Do not jump into the pool, tank or water tank as the water may boil when exposed to fire.

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  1. Scream and call for everyone to escape. If the phone is still in use, quickly call 114 (fire) and 115 (emergency)to let them know where you are if you don't go out.Move to another room or go to the balcony, use light-colored clothes to wave, signaling people to save.

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  1. If the fire has not spread to the corridor, find the nearest emergency exit and exit.

If the fire is spreading to the room

  1. Close the door to protect the fire from coming into the room.In this case, please:

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  1. Feel the heat of the door with the tan table.Because the back of the hand has more nerves, it will help you determine the exact temperature of the door surface.

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  1. If the door is not hot, open the door slowly and look around.Smoke will fly above, sostay close to the ground and crawl out.The closer you are to the land, the easier it will be to escape the fire because the smoke above is not only smoke but also the hot air and many other toxic gases.

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  1. Try not to smoke. Using a shirt, cloth, blanket, anything that can wet it and place it on the nose and mouth when crawling through the fire.
  2. If the door is hot, it means that fire is approaching very close.Don't open the door, find another exit like windows, exit doors .

In case you get stuck

  1. Try to reach the place where the fire and emergency forces can hear or see you.

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  1. Absolutely not open windows, oxygen outside the window will attract fire from the main door and make you stuck in the fire.Take a towel or whatever you find is blocked below the main door to prevent smoke from entering the room.

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  1. Just climb out of the window and jump down if it's safe or have a helper.If you must jump from the window, find a ledge to cling to, you can go on the ledge, face the wall.Remember to always face the wall when coming out from an overhead window.Because then, you can use your best to cling to the wall and land more safely.

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However, ideally still sitting in the room, isolating the fire outside with the door of the room tightly closed, blocking the smoke spreading in the room, taking whatever you can find, wetting it - covering your nose and mouth to filter the air and wait for someone to come to the rescue.

Please note that the lift is not an escape route. Why?

  1. When there is a fire, the elevator will automatically return to the 1st floor and open the door and stop working, the power will be disconnected and the ventilation and lighting system will stop working.
  2. The elevator also becomes a giant smoke, fire pipe, sometimes the ladder gets stuck on the journey to the first floor.
  3. If the elevator has its own power source, try to imagine all the floors call ladders, ladders, but not stop at the burning floor, and the elevator usually only carries a maximum of 10-12 people, if you belong to 10-12 people is that?

The secret to escaping the fire is "calm, lying close to the ground, crawling, covering your face and not inhaling smoke ". Don't panic, try to calm yourself down, find ways to minimize the maximum level of casualties for yourself and your family.