{"id":75880,"date":"2019-10-07T08:46:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T12:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=75880"},"modified":"2019-10-07T08:46:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T12:46:44","slug":"its-fire-prevention-week-plan-and-practice-your-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/its-fire-prevention-week-plan-and-practice-your-escape\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Fire Prevention Week: Plan and practice your escape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Muskoka Fire Prevention Officers are urging families in Muskoka to practise their home fire escape plan as part of Fire Prevention Week.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Fire Prevention Week runs from October 6-12, 2019. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cNot Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape!\u201d When the smoke alarms sound, everyone must know where to go \u2013 that\u2019s why it is so important for everyone to have working smoke alarms and to develop and practise a home fire escape plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a fire, you may have only seconds to safely escape your home,\u201d said Gravenhurst Fire Prevention Officer Breyan Sinnott. \u201cPractise your home fire escape plan and make sure everyone can get out safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fire and smoke can spread quickly, so be prepared in advance with these simple steps for home fire escape planning:<\/p>\n<p>Assess the needs of everyone in your home<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify anyone who requires assistance to get out of the home safely, such as<br \/>\nsmall children or older adults<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Make sure that you have working smoke alarms on every storey of the home and outside all<br \/>\nsleeping areas<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure everyone in the home knows the sound of the smoke alarm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Identify all possible exits (doors and windows) and make sure they work<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Know two ways out of all areas, if possible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Everyone must know what to do when the smoke alarm sounds<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assign someone to help those who need assistance<\/li>\n<li>Identify a safe meeting place outside<\/li>\n<li>Call the fire department from a neighbour\u2019s home or cell phone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Practice your home fire escape plan<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have everyone participate<\/li>\n<li>Make changes to your plan if necessary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75882\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/Be-a-hero-fire-prevention-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/Be-a-hero-fire-prevention-banner-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/Be-a-hero-fire-prevention-banner-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/Be-a-hero-fire-prevention-banner.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. 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