Personal · Medium likelihood
House or van fire
Fire at home or in the van.
Go
Get out, stay out, call 999
- Shout "Fire!" to wake everyone.
- Get out by your planned route. Do not stop to collect things.
- If there is smoke, stay low where the air is clearer.
- Feel doors with the back of your hand before opening; if hot, do not open, use another way.
- Close doors behind you to slow the fire.
- Call 999 once outside.
- Never go back in.
If you are trapped
- Get everyone into one room with a window, close the door and block the gap with towels or bedding.
- Open the window and shout for help. Call 999.
- On the ground or first floor, as a last resort: lower children out first, then hang from the sill by your fingertips before dropping.
If clothing catches fire
Stop, drop and roll. Then cool burns with water for 20 minutes.
In the van
- Know where the fire extinguisher and fire blanket are, and how to use them.
- Turn off the gas at the bottle if it is safe to reach.
- Get everyone out and well away: gas bottles can explode.
Get ready before it happens
- Smoke alarm on every floor; test monthly
- Carbon monoxide alarm
- A practised escape plan, including at night
- Keys for locked doors and windows kept near them
- Fire blanket in the kitchen and the van
- Fire extinguisher in the van
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