What Would you Grab

Dear dorannmwin, I am quite amused at the presence of the mind of the child who atleast thought of saving 200$ for his parents when his house was on fire! If my house was on fire, I would grab everyone in the house and run! The article I would choose is my iTouch!

I live in an old farm house dating back to the 1800's and I always worry about a fire. It would go up quick in flames! So, a couple of years ago I thought about this and decided to make up a fire emergency bag. I thought about things that I would want to go with me if there ever was a fire in my house. The bag only holds a couple small things. That way it is not heavy and bulky when I am trying to carry it out of the house trying to escape the fire. In the bag I have put my very first stuffed animal from when I was born, a picture of my family and one of my boyfriend, a set of clothes, and the last thing I have put in is some valuable jewlery that has been pasted down through my family to me. If over the years something else could go in my fire bag I have still some room to put a couple more things. This way I don't have to battle with myself when there is a fire in my house, on what I am going to grab on my way out. I can just grab this bag out of my room and get out. The only bad thing would be is if I couldn't get to my bedroom to grab my fire bag. I guess I would just hope that the fire will be put out before it gets to my bedroom.

Hi dorannmwin, I've had so many incidents with fire that I think of these things. As a kid, I used to go to bed at night with my clothes by my bed as well as my library books. As I got older, I always think about what I'd grab on my way out if a fire broke out in the night. I do go to bed with clothes nearby. My first priority would be to get my daughter out and myself of course

Hi Dorannmwin, Thanks for letting all people and animals out safely. That would have been my first choice. (My Family). I think I would grab my purse first. because I have my keys and other items in there that I would need. I would grab a few clothes and most of all my pictures. I have a lot of pictures and I know that I could replace the items, but the pictures could not be replaced.

Well, my friend. In this situation I'd like to grab my cell phone and PC. I'll choose cell phone because it helps me contact with the people who love stay connected with me. I'll choose my PC because it is my working tool which I use to earn my livelihood and contact different people via internet. Have a nice day.

Really, it truly depends on where I am in the house when the fire starts. After all, going from one end of the house to another to grab something when a fire is happening just would not be a good idea. If I was in my room, I would make an honest attempt to grab my DVD player. I was thinking about saying computer but that would just be too much to grab in a situation. Elsewhere, I may grab any number of things. Perhaps photo albums would be another one depending on what part of the house I am in. That would be of course if I could get my wits about me long enough to grab something quickly before getting out of there. I do think that if there was really a fire, I would be more concerned about saving myself than I would be saving my belongs. It just seems like a situation where my own welfare would be the most important. Then again, it is difficult to say unless I am actually in that situation and I hope I never am.

Having lived through my Dad's house getting hit by lightning and burning to the ground, I am answering this with the perspective I have from personal experience. When this happened, I was married and lived a few miles away. All his important paperwork was in one of those fireproof security boxes, and it was well worth the money spent on keeping stuff in there. As luck would have it, I had all the archives of family pictures, complete with ancestors photos, and stuff like that, at my house. Of all the items lost, this was the one thing that was most important that got saved from destruction. So, I would definitely say besides people and my animals, I'd grab those photo albums. As we found, almost anything and everything in a house can be replaced, but those precious family pictures are irreplaceable and roots of where we came from in our ancestery line.

Well I would first check to see if all of the living beings in my house had made it out okay before I started to think about any of my material possessions. I would probably just take my whole drawer out of my nightstand next to my bed with all of the journals of mine that I could fit. I would hate to lose all of my lyrics and research that I've been doing to a fire but it would be worse to lose one of our animals or one of my family members.

I hope that I will never have to encounter such situation. Anyway, if I really had to leave my burning home fast, I would grab the box with my own "archive". I have stored some pictures, collectibles (like cards or stickers) and some of my interviews that were made in a kindergarten, when I was a kid, in that box. I would choose to save that box because it contains many important things, that bring back the old memories and every item inside it is associated with some good memory from my childhood.

Well, my computer is a bit heavy, so I wouldn't grab that, but I would grab my phone, because I would want to call for help or anything like that. I wouldn't grab my computer because it has insurance on it any way and I'd be able to get another one. I don't even think I'd be able to get it unplugged anyway.

I'd grab the important documents (birth certificate, diplomas, lot title, insurance policy, etc.). It's good to take this with you if ever a fir happens because you can use these to look for a job, which would bring back the burned down possessions.

as long as other people on our house were saved, i'm going to exert effort on carrying out my beloved pc..^^, that is if i can only carry one thing... otherwise, i'll break my window, trow all my dress outside, and others except my pc^^,..

knock on wood, dorannmwin. i am not superstitious, but oftentimes it's a knee-jerk reaction to situations that result in despair and tragic forebodings... but should that happen, and i hope it wont, the first thing that i will grab, if there is still time, are my family's personal records, including important documents...

for me i will grab my cellphone first so i can call for my relatives to send me some help hehehehehe because if my cellphone get burn i cant contact them hehehehe

I would grab the things I know it would be hard to replace. My box of pictures, my laptop and some clothes. I have tried to have family meetings on how we would escape, meet, etc. I think it is important when you live in an apartment to have a plan incase of a fire. It is scarey.

Probably my Laptop; it's something I think about once in awhile.

I always worried about that. The only thing I would really care about being safe were my cats. They don't always do what you want them to and knowing mine they would hide instead of going outside. I don't have pets anymore, so I don't have to worry about that. I am handicapped and I don't know if I'd be able to get out or what I would do with myself if I got out. In theaters when they say things like "In case of emergency..." I think to myself "In case of an emergency I am screwed, unless someone picks me up and carries me to safety."

i think my ability to let go makes it easy for me to not be so sentimental about things. if ALL people inside my house - my daughters, my house help - is safely out i think i grab my bag, with my id's, atms and some important documents. as to the things inside the house, maybe i just surrender it to God, what is left, will be left and would be mine, if all are burned down, well, what should i do. i cannot do anything about it. of course i'll be sad... maybe, i'll work harder again to regain what i formerly own. God bless...

Okay, this may sounds really silly, especially because I'm 17 but I would bring my baby blanket. I still sleep with it and It have a difficult time sleeping without it. I love my blanket almost as much as I love my boyfriend. I reminds me of so many memories and it's something that means the world to me!

my house just burned a few days ago. had it not burned i would probably have said my guitar. instead... I grabbed my laptop. i guess work is more important to me than my guitar