Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4General Emergency Fire Safety Instructions 1. Stay calm. Do not panic. Notify the Fire Department as soon as possible. Firefighters will be on the scene of a fire within minutes of receiving an alarm. 2. Because flame, heat and smoke rise, generally a fire on a floor below your apartment presents a greater threat to your safe than a fire on a floor above your apartment. 3. Do not overestimate your ability to put out a fire. Most fires cannot be easily or safely extinguished. Do not attempt to put the fire out once it begins to quickly spread. If you attempt to put a fire out, make sure you have a clear path of retreat from the room. 4. If you decide to exit the building during a fire, close all doors as you exit to confine the fire. Never use the elevator. It could stop between floors or take you to where the fire is. 5. Heat, smoke and gases emitted by burning materials can quickly choke you. If you are caught in a heavy smoke condition, get down on the floor and crawl. Take short breaths, breathing through your nose. 6. If your clothes catch fire, don’t run. Stop where you are, drop to the ground, cover your face with your hands to protect your face and lungs and roll over to smother the flames. Evacuation Instructions If The Fire Is In Your Apartment (All Types of Building Construction) 1. Close the door to the room where the fire is, and leave the apartment. 2. Make sure EVERYONE leaves the apartment with you. 3. Take your keys. 4. Close, but do not lock, the apartment door. 5. Alert people on your floor by knocking on their doors on your way to the exit. 6. Use the nearest stairwell to exit the building. 7. DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR. 8. Call 911 once you reach a safe location. Do not assume the fire has been reported unless firefighters are on the scene. 9. Meet the members of your household at a predetermined location outside the building. Notify responding firefighters if anyone is unaccounted for. Evacuation Instructions If The Fire Is Not In Your Apartment “NON-COMBUSTIBLE” OR “FIREPROOF” BUILDINGS: 1. Stay inside your apartment and listen for instructions from firefighters unless conditions become dangerous. 2. If you must exit your apartment, first feel the apartment door and doorknob for heat. If they are not hot, open the door slightly and check the hallway for smoke, heat or fire. 3. If you can safely exit your apartment, follow the instructions above for a fire in your apartment. 4. If you cannot safely exit your apartment or building, call 911 and tell them your address, floor, apartment number and the number of people in your apartment. 5. Seal the doors to your apartment with wet towels or sheets, and seal air ducts or other openings where smoke may enter. 6. Open windows a few inches at top and bottom unless flames and smoke are coming from below. Do not break any windows. 7. If conditions in the apartment appear life-threatening, open a window and wave a towel of sheet to attract the attention of firefighters. 8. If smoke conditions worsen before help arrives, get down on the floor and take short breaths through your nose. If possible, retreat to a balcony or terrace away from the source of the smoke, heat or fire. “COMBUSTIBLE” OR “NON-FIREPROOF” BUILDING: 1. Feel your apartment door and doorknob for heat. If they are not hot, open the door slightly and check the hallway for smoke, heat or fire. 2. Exit your apartment and building if you can safely do so, following the instructions above for a fire in your apartment. 3. If the hallway or stairwell is not safe because of smoke, heat or fire and you have access to a fire escape, use it to exit the building. Proceed cautiously on the fire escape and always carry or hold onto small children. 4. If you cannot use the stairs or fire escape, call 911 and tell them your address, floor, apartment number and the number of people in your apartment. A. Seal the doors to your apartment with wet towels or sheets, and seal air ducts or other openings where smoke may enter. B. Open windows a few inches at top and bottom unless flames and smoke are coming from below. Do not break any windows. C. If conditions in the apartment appear life-threatening, open a window and wave a towel or sheet to attract the attention of firefighters. D. If smoke conditions worsen before help arrives, get down on the floor and take short breaths through your nose. If possible, retreat to a balcony or terrace away from the source of the smoke, heat or fire.