20 - Friday, July $3. 1990 - North Shore News

Every home should have
an emergency escape plan

YOU'RE ALWAYS careful about
fire safety.

You never smoke in bed You
are cautious about electrical and
heating appliances, follow manu-
facturers’ instructions for use and
never icave them unattended.
You're careful when cooking. You
have smoke detectors, test them
every month and replace batteries
every year.

But suppose some night, very
late when your family is sleeping,
a fire starts in your home. The
District of North Vancouver Fire
Department would like you to
consider what might happen.

Somehow a small fire has
started. It smoulders for a while,
but soon your smoke detectors
begin to sound.

You awake to a loud, harsh
alarm: the smoke detector! As you
awaken you realize you can smell
the smoke and hear faint crackling
sounds.

Keeping low, you roll out of
bed into a crouching position on
the floor. You remember reading
that the air in the upper half or
two-thirds of the room is fill of
poison gases and other smoke
products. So you stay low and
crawl toward the door.

Before you open it you reach
your hand up and feel the door
and knob. They are hot so you
know the fire is close by and you
can’t go out that way.

You shout to other members of
your family to alert them; each
calls back that they are doing fine

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District Fire Department

and heading for their alternative
exits.

You turn and crawl toward
your bedroom window. When you
get to the window you pull up the
folding escape ladder you bought
at the neighborhood hardware
store fast fall when you noticed
with surprise its low price.

You reach up, open the window
and lift the lightweight ladder,
dropping its end out of the win-
dow as the top end remains firmly
linked over the window sill. You
know your daughter will get out
of her room the same way, while
your two sons will crawl out their
window onto the porch roof and
climb down by themselves.

You hoist yourself through the
window and climb down the lad-
der. You head straight for the end
of your driveway near the street
where you have all planned to
meet in case of fire.

Your sons are running up as

you approach the spot. Your
teenage daughter is walking
toward you, too, trying to look
casual. She volunteers to go next
door to call the fire department.

Your youngest son remembers
his pet iguana and is disappointed,
wanting to go back inside and
rescue it, but he says sadly that he
knows he can't. Still, he watches
his bedroom window intently and
says he hopes his pet will be okay.

Your daughter is back in a few
minites and reports that the call
has been made. Soon you hear the
sound of fire sirens as they ap-
proach. One by one the fire trucks
and the officers’ cars pull up near
your house.

As the firefighters go about
their business, you can see the fire
through the windows, and you're
grateful that you and your family
are safely outside.

That’s exactly how it would
happen at your house, isn’t it?

If you’re not sure your family
would get out as smoothly, why
not sit down together tonight and
work on an emergency escape
plan, including alternative escape
routes and a meeting place?

If you would like some helpful
advice, call your loca! fire
department or the District of
North Vancouver Fire Department
Non-emergency phone number,
980-7575. Don’t leave it to
chance.

Summer programs offered

VANDUSEN BOTANICAL Garden is offering the
following summer education programs for gardeners.

e Natural Plant Dyeing, Sat. Aug. 4, 10 a.m.-2
p.m, Audrey Ostrum will identify dye plants, outline
collecting methods and demonstrate mordanting and
dyeing procedure. Bring apron, scissors and lunch.

¢ Ornamental Grasses and Bamboos, Sat. Aug. 25,
1-3 p.m. Alex Downie, VanDusen horticuiturist will
show slides and tour the garden collection while
discussing types, uses and cultural requirements of
these popular plants.

¢ Lilies and Spring Flowering Bulbs, Tues. Sept.
18, 7-9 p.m. Dei Knowlton, owner of Lindel Lilies,
dispels the myth that lilies are difficult to grow while
describing the best choices for spring and how to
renovate beds.

Pre-registration is necessary, call 266-7194. All
course costs are members $6, non-members $10.

Family programms at VanDusen include a series of
five family-oriented evenings in the garden, designed
for children 12 years and under.

Each session starts at 7 p.m. Members $20 for
series or $5 per evening, per family. Non-members
$35 for series or $8 each per family.

Pre-registration is necessary, call 266-7194.

¢ Mon. July 16, Dragonflies, Damselflies and
other bugs with Sid Cannings of the Vancouver Nat-
ural History Society. Bring your magnifier and bug
box.

© Tues. July 31, Plant Mysteries. Victor Wright
will tell stories about plants to intrigue and entertain.

© Tues. Aug. 14, Botanical Crafts, Dried flower
cards and easy potpourris with staff member Julia
Lo.

* Tues. Aug. 21, Fun and Games in the Garden
with Lori Bartley. Enjoy a variety of activities and
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