9 skills to escape the fire you should know
With the ongoing forest fire disaster, many tragic accidents occur because people do not know what to do to escape. The following article will give you nine important things that you need to keep in mind when there is a house fire or a fire.
1. Find ways to put out the fire
When detecting a fire, you must calm down to find a way to handle it.You should first find a way to put out the fire.You can use a powder, CO2 gas, sand, blanket, water or other things you can find right around. it can put out the fire.
In case the fire is too large to put out the fire, quickly seek to escape. Scream to let everyone in the house know to escape, immediately press the phone to call 000 for assistance.
2. Know the way out
An escape plan can help all family members escape the burning house. The advice is to get out quickly and safely. Smoke from fires can make it hard to see everything, so learning and remembering ways to get out of your home is important.
3. When escaping, remember the following
- Do not try to collect valuables or look for pets
- Do not investigate the fire
- When going out, open only the doors you need and close all open doors to prevent the fire spreading quickly
- Before opening the door, place the back of your hand on the door, if it is warm, do not open - the other side of the door is burning. Use the back of your hand to try it, not the palm. Because the burned palm will hinder your escape when you crawl down the fire ladder
- If escaping with others, go together if possible
- It is possible that the exit is burnt or has smoke, so you need to know where the other exits are
4. Safety measures
- Check for fire or smoke into the house through the openings in the door
- If you see smoke rising from the bottom of the door, do not open the door
- If smoke is not visible, place the back of your hand on the door. If the door is hot or very warm, do not open it
- If smoke is not visible and the door is not hot, gently touch the door knob with the back of your hand. If the door knob is hot or very warm, do not open it!
- If the door knob is cool, and you do not see smoke around the door, you can open it very slowly and carefully. When you open the door, if you see a fire burning, or smoke comes into the room, close the door quickly and make sure it is tightly closed.
- If there is no smoke or fire when you open the door, go straight to your exit door.
5. Always keep low position
- If you see smoke in your home, keep your body low near the floor when trying to find an escape route. In fact, in a fire, smoke and toxic gases cause more harm than fire. You will breathe in less smoke if your body is close to the floor.
- Exit through an exit door should be your first choice, but you can also check to see if the window can be an escape route. Even high-rise windows are helpful when you need help, from firefighters, or others.
6. If your clothes get burnt
- Don't run around, you'll just fan the flames and make them burn faster.
- Lay down, this helps the fire spread more difficult and reduce the impact of fire on your face and head (fire from bottom to top).
- Extinguish flames, covering the flames with heavy materials, such as jackets or blankets, which helps to disrupt the supply of oxygen to the fire.
- Roll around to help put out the fire.
7. What to do when you can't get out right away?
If you cannot get out quickly because fire or smoke has blocked the exit, if your emergency exit is blocked:
- If you are on the ground floor, go out with windows: throw blankets, pillows, cushions on the ground outside to support you
- If you can not open the window, use a heavy object to smash it at the bottom corner, when touching the sharp edges need to use cloth, towel or blanket.
- Lower children as low as possible before dropping them down so adults can help if possible.
Lower your body by placing your hand on the window step before dropping yourself.
If you can't get out, gather everyone into a room:
- Choose a room with windows if possible.
- Prevent smoke and fire from coming through doors by blocking openings around doors with sheets, blankets, clothes, or duct tape.
- If there is a window in the room but it does not help you to escape, open it and stand in front of the window to breathe and call for help.
- If you can get a piece of clothing or a towel, place it on your mouth so that you don't breathe smoke. It is better to wet the cloth before covering it up.
- Immediately, think which room is best, you need a window that can be opened, and if possible, a phone to call for emergency.
- Despite being scared, you should never hide under a bed or closet. Because then, it will be difficult for firefighters to find you. Remember that firefighters and others will find you to free you. The sooner they find you, the faster you'll get out.
- If in the room where you avoid a fire, drink sufficient clean water from water ionizers like Tyent or bottled water products, take advantage, your body will need water in that situation.
8. No turning back
If you can get out, find a safe place near your home to wait. If there are people in the house, wait for the firefighters to arrive. You can tell them about the trapped person and they will find the trapped person faster.
If you go back to a burnt home, you will slow down the firefighter's efforts to save the missing person and put yourself in a very dangerous situation.
9. What to do when you live in a high-rise apartment?
Living on a higher level does not mean you will be more at risk when there's a fire. High-rise apartments with walls, ceilings, and fireproof doors will help block fire and smoke. Most of your plans are like houses on the ground, but there are a few differences:
- You will not be able to use the elevator when there is a fire, so you must consider this when choosing an escape route.
- Count how many doors are on the way to the stairs when you cannot use the elevator, just in case you cannot see the road.
- Make sure the staircase and emergency door are free of obstacles and the door is never locked.
- Regularly check to make sure you can open the stairs door from both sides.
- If there's a fire elsewhere in the building, it's usually safest to stay in your apartment, unless smoke and fire harm you. If affected, try to get out, go outside and call fire.
Tyent Australia shares nine important things when there is a house fire or a fire in the hope that people can cope with bad situations, providing escape routes when meeting a fire. I wish you all the best of luck, peace, and success…
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