Do your children know how to get out of a burning house?
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
United States
June 17, 2007 2:05pm CST
Years ago, when I was a child, my family's home caught on fire. Luckily noone was inside at the time, so there were no injuries.
But, I've always wondered how we would have survived if the fire had occured at night while everyone was sleeping. We didn't have a clue about fire safety. We didn't have a fire plan of action or escape route for getting out of the house.
That was then though. Most modern day parents are far better prepared and share safety tips with their children for their own sake.
Have you practiced the safety rules with your children, for getting out of the house in case of a fire? Do they know that they are supposed to drop to the floor, crawl to the door and check for heat, before going out into the hall?
Have you shown them how to get out of a window if the door is blocked?
Please share.
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@senthil2k (1500)
• India
17 Jun 07
Very good topic to discuss. But I was shocked to see that there were no responses for this topic.
Its very much necessary for the children to know all the steps to do when they are in trouble something like the burning house. Not only the burning house, they should also be taught to handle the other situations such as lost in the street etc,., too..
Thanks for this topic.
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@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
18 Jun 07
I can kind of understand how some parents might be reluctant to want to think about such a serious topic.
But, shutting one's eyes does not make the situation go away.
When it happened to our family, i was much younger. And, noone told us at school what had happened. My brother and I came home and saw the house burning from down the street at the bus stop.
I wanted to believe that it was simply a tree that had caught on fire, but in my heart, I knew that it was our home.
And, as we got closer, all I could think was that my stuffed dolls were stuck in the fire by themselves. I felt so sad for them. I wasn't more than five or six years old at the time.
A neighbor woman came up to us and let us stay at her home until my mom could get home. There were fire trucks everywhere and people screaming and so much fire and water.
I have blocked out most of it, but I do remember the highlights.
I can still remember looking out the neigbors window at our house burning to the ground.
We were lucky and blessed that it was a school day or else everyone would have been home.
It was just a simple grease fire, from something someone had left on the stove. It happens everyday. It was an accident, but these things do happen.
Sometimes kids are home alone when they try to cook and accidentally set a fire. If the parents have not instructed them what to do, they will make a mistake, and it will not end so well. That is why it is so vital to instruct the children before hand on the proper way to get out of a house that has caught on fire.
That is why I was hoping that more parents would share their ideas on ways to prepare their children.
