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Escape planning tips Pull together everyone in your household and make a plan. Walk through your home and inspect all possible exits and escape routes. Households with children should consider drawing a floor plan of your home, marking two ways out of each room, including windows and doors.
Also, mark the location of each smoke alarm. A closed door may slow the spread of smoke, heat and fire. Install smoke alarms in every sleeping room, outside each sleeping area and on every level of the home. NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm Code requires interconnected smoke alarms throughout the home. When one sounds, they all sound. When you walk through your plan, check to make sure the escape routes are clear and doors and windows can be opened easily. Choose an outside meeting place (i.e. neighbor's house, a light post, mailbox, or stop sign) a safe distance in front of your home where everyone can meet after they've escaped. Make sure to mark the location of the meeting place on your escape plan. Go outside to see if your street number is clearly visible from the road. If not, paint it on the curb or install house numbers to ensure that responding emergency personnel can find your home. Have everyone memorize the emergency phone number
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21st Space Wing Command Chief officially submits his request to transfer into the U.S. Space Force
How to make a home fire escape plan PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Your ability to get out of your home during a fire depends on advance warning from smoke alarms and advance planning Fire can spread rapidly through your home, leaving you as little as one or two minutes to escape safely once the smoke alarm sounds. A closed door may slow the spread of smoke, heat and fire. Install smoke alarms in every sleeping room and outside each separate sleeping area. Install alarms on every level of the home. Pull together everyone in your household and make a plan. Walk through your home and inspect all possible exits and escape routes. Households with children should consider drawing a floor plan of your home, marking two ways out of each room, including windows and doors.
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Chief Master Sgt. Jacob Simmons, 21st Space Wing command chief, smiles as he submits his application to transfer to the United States Space Force May 1, 2020 on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. On May 1, 1992, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, making his 28th anniversary the day that he starts his path towards joining the new military branch, all while coincidentally being National Space Day. To apply and transfer, Simmons had to fill out a DD From 368, as well as a USSF Enlisted Request to Transfer to the U.S. Space Force. of the fire department. That way any member of the household can call from a neighbor's home or a cellular phone once safely outside. If there are infants, older adults, or family members with mobility limitations, make sure that someone is assigned to assist them in the fire drill and in the event of an emergency. Assign a backup person too, in case the designee is not home during the emergency If windows or doors in your home have security bars, make sure that the bars have emergency release devices inside so that they can be opened immediately in an emergency. Emergency release devices won't compromise your security - but they will increase your chances of safely escaping a home fire. Tell guests or visitors to your home about your family's fire escape plan. When staying overnight at other people's homes, ask about their escape plan. If they don't have a plan in place, offer to help them make one. This is esSee Fire escape plan page 3
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