FIre Safety Visit

This week the Elmwood Park Fire Department visited our school and talked to the 4th graders about fire safety.  Here are the tips we learned...

• Check your smoke detector batteries twice a year. (when you change the clocks is a great time!)
• Make sure your family has a meeting spot in case of an emergency.
• Know how to get out of your house in case of a fire.
• If there is a fire, get out as quickly and safely as possible.
• Do not go back inside a fire to look for other family members or to get a personal item.
• If there is smoke, get low and go.
• DO NOT HIDE if there is a fire...GET OUT!
• If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop, and roll.
• If you are trapped in a room, make as much noise as possible.  If you can, open a window and wave your arms so the firemen can see you.
• Make sure you call 9-1-1 and tell them your address slowly and tell them there is a fire.  (All 4th graders should know their addresses!)
•  If you hear the smoke alarm go off and your door is closed, check the door by touching the doorknob or door with the back of your hand.

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