2. If you smell smoke, never open a door until you have checked it for heat with the back of your hand.

3. If you wake up and smell smoke, get on the floor and crawl to the nearest fire exit or window.

4. Ask your parents to help make a fire escape plan for your home.

5. Once you are out of the house, never go back in to look for your parents or your favorite toys.  Stay outside at your meeting place.

6. Make sure that everyone knows where to meet.

7. Always practice and plan a safe fire escape route with your parents and make sure that everyone has Two Ways Out.

8. Parents remember that children will often try to hide from fire.  Be sure to check all places where they may hide (examples: under beds, closets, etc...).

9. If your clothes catch on fire Stop, Drop, and Roll covering your face.

10. Install smoke detectors.

11. Check your smoke detector batteries once a week.

12. Practice evacuating your house blindfolded.  In a real fire the smoke generated by the fire will make it hard to see.

13. Practice staying low to the ground when escaping.

14. If a fire threatens your home it is not safe to call 911 from inside your home, get out first.

15. Practice alerting other household members.  It is a good idea to keep a bell and a flashlight in each room for this purpose.

16. Post emergency telephone numbers near all telephones.