How to keep safe during a fire!
There are many ways to prevent the possibility of a fire in your home or office. But even though fire prevention is better than fire suppression, the latter is somewhat inevitable. When a room or a house catches fire, it does not take long to damage the whole property. People sometimes do not even have the time to evacuate the premises, and only a professional firefighter can help them get out.
If there is a fire in your house, you would not have the time to open this blog and read about keeping safe. It is better to read this one thoroughly and keep it in your memory just in case.
Here are some things to keep in mind:
1. Get Out, Call Out
If there is a fire, your priority should be to get out and call out for help. It would be best to keep the emergency exits in mind all the time, or you will take too much time to think about where to go and during a fire; even seconds matter in saving lives.
When you are out of the danger zone, you should call out for help instead of going back in to save someone. Even if the firefighters are not expected to reach immediately, others in the area might come to your help and save others still inside the place.
2. Drop and Crawl
When there is a fire, smoke is produced that rises quickly. It reduces visibility and also makes it harder to breathe. If you keep on breathing smoke for a few minutes, you might become unconscious or suffocate. Many mortalities have been reported due to asphyxiation because of the smoke.
The solution is to drop down, crawl, and keep your nose and mouth covered while you move out of the room or house into an open area.
3. Call Emergency 999
If you happen to have your cellphone with you, you should call emergency services immediately. It’s wise to save the emergency numbers of the local firefighting agency on your mobile phone.
4. Identify the Fire
It might sound weird to ask anyone to study the fire before trying to put it out, but it’s important to know if the fire is a grease fire or not. A grease fire is a fire caught on oils or petroleum products. The difference between grease fire and any other fire is that water can easily put out the regular fire, but it will have the opposite effect with water. It will burn and spread even more.
Once you know what you are dealing with, you can choose the appropriate way to put the fire out yourself – only if it is safe to do so!
If these steps look too tedious to you, there is a simpler way to keep safe. Install a water mist system that would keep your house safe from fires all the time. It also washes the smoke and reduces the room’s temperature in minutes, saving your life and the trouble to crawl out of a burning room. You can get one installed by a professional and get a free quote from Water Mist Systems to get going.
