Dear Parent:

Teaching children about fire safety goes much further than simply telling them not to play with matches.

This brochure will help you teach your children how to escape safely from a fire. It provides instructions on how to run Exit Drills In The Home (E.D.I.T.H.). The whole family should participate. Inside are visual aids you can go over with your children to familiarize them with their role in an E.D.I.T.H. drill.

Please take the time to go through this brochure with your children. By teaching your children what happens during a fire, they will be less likely to panic during an actual emergency.

First, designate someone to be the monitor to sound the alarm and time the drill. It is important for everyone to improve upon their time.

1. To begin, everyone in bedrooms, lights out, doors closed.

2. The monitor sounds alarm and times drill. Make sure everyone follows their normal exit route and their alternate exit route.

3. Everyone crawl low as if under smoke.

4. Test closed doors. Pretend it’s hot and use an alternate escape route. (Second story windows and other dangerous emergency exits should be used only during an actual fire.)

5. Meet outside (at the designated meeting place) for roll call. One person goes to use the neighbor’s phone to call the fire department.