Step 1: Sketch out your home's floor plan

Step 2: Mark two escape routes from each room

Step 3: Designate a meeting place safely away from the house where family members will assemble after escape

Step 4: Review the escape plan with each family member and make sure they understand it

Step 5: Post your plan on the fridge

Step 6: Post the fire department's phone number on every phone in the house

Step 7: Conduct family fire drills twice a year and vary them so that alternative escape routes are used

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