22 - Friday, June 19, 1992 - North Shore News

HOME & GARDEN

Safety lessons well-received

THE DISTRICT of North
Vancouver Fire Safety
House school programs
have been completed for
another year and were wel-
comed with enthusiasm by
students all over North
Vancouver.

We took the fire safety house
to every public elementary school
and taught the ‘Plan to get out
alive’’ lesson to every student in
Grades | through 7 (approximate-
ly 8,000 students).

The lesson began in the upstairs
bedroom, where we demonstrated
the correct procedures for escap-
ing from the home in the event of
a fire as we sleep.

Various safety habits were also
explained. These included smoke
alarm maintenance, staying low
under smoke, sleeping with the
door closed, ensuring at least two
exits from every bedroom, install-
ing fire escape ladders in upper
floor bedrooms, and the impor-
tance of practising home fire drills
at least twice a year.

Upon completion of the lesson
upstairs, each student was urged

4&4 We were lucky

to find 3% who

actually practise
home fire
drills. 99

to exit by way of the second
escape route — the window —
down the ladder to the family
meeting place.

After all of the students were
out of the house and waiting at
the: pre-arranged meeting place,
they were asked a number of
questions regarding the safety of
their environment at home:

‘How many of you and your
families practise fire drills at
home?’’

We were lucky to find 3% who
actually practise home fire drills.
“How many practise fire drills at
school?”

All hands are raised! That is
very interesting —- we all practise
fire drills at school but generally,
once we get home, we neglect to
carry on the practice. Why?

The answer is simple — their
Parents were never taught the im-
portance of EDITH (Exit Drills In
The Home). But now that kids
have been shown the procedures
of home fire escape planning, they

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can teach their families.

Parents, we can learn from our
children if we just take the time to
listen. If your children have been
through the fire safety house, ask
them to teach you about EDITH,
then practise a fire drill by direc-
ting all of the family members to
get into their beds (after closing
the bedroom door, of course).

Then with the use of a long

stick or broom handle, push the
test button on your smoke alarm.
The following chain of events
should occur.
@ A family member opens a door
just a crack to check for smoke in
the hallway (tell him/her the
haliway is filled with smoke, to
close the door, then take the se-
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@ Have all of the family members
meet at the family meeting place.
Make a note of how long the
evacuation took.

e@ Discuss EDITH and identify
any problems. Do all the upper
floor bedroom occupants have a
safe way of reaching the ground?
Was there any confusion? Now is
the time to resolve these problems,
not during a fire.

When you conduct your first
fire drill at home, chances are you
will find that it is an enjoyable,
fun experience for the entire fami-
ly, and a unique way in which to
earn life safety skills — as a fam-
ily.

Listen to the young members of
your family. They might teach
you something you have never
been taught!

For further information ::Lout
EDITH, contact the District of
North Vancouver Fire Department
non-emergency number, 980-
7575, or your local fire depart-

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