Home Emergency Evacuation Plan

8/16/2018 (Permalink)

Get out, and stay out!

Are you ready for a fire, if a fire were to happen in your home? Where would you go? What do you take with you? Who do you call?

Most home owners are not prepared for an unfortunate event like a fire in their home. Fortunately SERVPRO of Poolesville/Clarksburg/Damascus is here to remind you. Nobody ever expects to be a victim of a fire loss, this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t prepare for one.

A home Evacuation plan is a precautionary measure you should review with everyone in your household. It is a sketch drawing of your home including all of the possible exits and escape routes. It’s recommended that you include at least two exits. In your home sketch include all of the rooms in your home, including restrooms. Draw markers like trees, fences, or your mailbox. Each room should have arrows pointing towards the exit route, and towards the meeting place.

The meeting place is where everyone in the household should reunite in case you are separated during the process of evacuation. Keep in mind that during the process of evacuation you should worry about getting out as quickly and as safely as possible, don’t worry about appliances and furniture. Those things are replaceable, you aren’t!

Once you are safely out of your home call 911. They will contact the fire department, police department, and ambulance if needed.

Give us a call for a free sketch sheet for the home emergency evacuation plan. Remember were always here to help!