Fire drills in homes
vital to save lives

HUNDREDS OF Canadians die
needlessly in house fires every
year. Needlessly, because they had
not planned an escape route until it
was too late.

Fire drills in schools are a famil-
iar event, but sadly not in homes
where the majority of fires occur.
The District of North Vancouver
Fire Department urges all families
to “Plan to Get Out Alive’? by
designing an escape route before
fire starts.

To start, draw a floor plan of
your complete home showing all
possible exits. Devise two ways out
of every room, especially
bedrooms. If one escape route is a
window on the second floor or
higher, invent a safety ladder. If
you live in a highrise, know and
practise two ways out of the build-
ing.

If you cannot escape out of your
apartment, seal the door out to the
hallway with duct tape, damp
towels or bedding to help keep the
smoke out. Go to the window or

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Sieep with the bedroom doors
closed. A closed door is a barrier
that slows the spread of fire,

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smoke and heat. When practising
escape plans, teach household
members 19 close doors behind
them as they leave.

When a smoke alarm sounds,
roll out of bed and onto the floor.
Do not stand up or stop for
clothes, papers or jewelry. Crawl
(the lower the better as cleaner air
is nearer to the ground) to the
door, and if it isn’t warm-hot,
open it carefully while checking for
heat and smoke. Even if the door
is cool, there still might be danger
lurking on the other side. If it’s
safe, continue crawling away from
the smoke.

If the door is hot, DO NOT
OPEN IT. Escape out a window or
secondary exit. Meet at a pre-ar-
ranged meeting place (lamppost,
swing set, tree, etc.) away from the
building.

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Fireplace could explode

CONSUMER AND Corporate Af-
fairs Canada recently warned con-
sumers to stop using direct-vent
natural gas and propane fireplaces
because of the danger of explo-
sion. Three persons. have been
reported injured in Ontario since
the fireplaces were introduced two
years ago. The majority of sales
have taken place in Ontario and
British Columbia.

The warning applies to fireplaces
that exhaust directly through the
wall behind the unit and that have
a sealed glass front panel that can-
not be opened.

Under certain conditions, the
burner flame may die, resulting in
an accumulation of gas inside the
unit. Attempts to reignite the
flame may cause an explosion,
shattering the front glass and sen-
ding particles into the room.

The Canadian Gas Association
has rescinded certification of all
brands of gas fireplaces. Sales of
new units have been suspended un-
til necessary safety modifications
have been made.

Owners of existing units are ad-
vised to turn off the gas supply to
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