Kidde KN-COSM-BCA - Manual (Page 14)

Fire Prevention
Never smoke in bed, or leave cooking food
unattended. Teach children never to play with
matches or lighters! Train everyone in the home to
recognize the alarm pattern, voice message warnings
and to leave the home using an escape plan when it’s
heard. Know how to do Stop, Drop and Roll if clothes
catch on fire, and how to crawl low under smoke.
Install and maintain fire extinguishers on every level of
the home and in the kitchen, basement and garage.
Know how to use a fire extinguisher prior to an
emergency. Second level and higher occupied rooms
with windows, should have an escape ladder.
Escape Plan
Prepare and practice a home escape plan twice a year,
including drills at night. Know two ways out of every
room (door & window) and identify a meeting place
outside the home where everyone will gather once
they have exited the residence. When two people
have reached the meeting place, one should leave to
call 911 while the second person stays to account for
additional family members. Establish a rule that once
you’re out, you never re-enter under any circumstance!
Smoke Alarm Procedure
Smoke alarms are designed to minimize false alarms.
Cigarette smoke will not normally set off the alarm,
unless it’s blown directly into the alarm. Combustion
particles from spills or broiling may set off the alarm if
located too close to the cooking area. If the alarm
sounds, check for fires first. If a fire is discovered
follow these steps. Become thoroughly familiar with
these steps, and review them with all your family
members.
• Leave immediately using one of your planned escape
routes (see above).
• B e f o re opening inside doors look for smoke seeping
t h rough the edges. Feel with the back of your hand
- if the door is hot use your second exit. If you feel
it’s safe, open the door very slowly and be pre p a re d
to close it immediately if smoke and heat rush in.
• If the escape route re q u i res going through smoke,
crawl low under the smoke where the air is cleare r.
• Go to your pre d e t e rmined meeting place. When
two people have arrived one should leave to call
911 from a neighbour’s home, and the other should
stay to perf o rm a head count.
• Do not reenter under any circumstance until
f i re officials give the go ahead.
F i re Safety F i re Safety
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Fire Extinguisher
Smoke Alarm
Carbon Monoxide Alarm
CO/ Smoke Alarm