![]() Practice your plan until everyone can escape in two minutes or less. Select a meeting spot at a safe distance away from your home, such as your neighbor’s home or landmark like a specific tree in your front yard, where everyone can meet. Include at least two ways to get out of every room. Make sure everyone in your household can get out in less than two minutes - that’s the amount of time you may have to escape a burning home before it’s too late. Practice your two-minute home fire escape plan.Follow your alarm’s manufacturer instructions. Components such as sensors can become less sensitive over time. Replace smoke alarms that are 10 years or older. ![]() Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, including inside and outside bedrooms and sleeping areas. ![]() ![]() In addition to testing your smoke alarms this weekend, follow these three steps get your home ready: Home fires are the nation’s most frequent disaster and tragically take seven lives every day in this country.ĭuring a fire, early warning from a working smoke alarm plus a fire escape plan that has been practiced regularly can save lives. As the clocks “fall back” when daylight saving time ends on Sunday, November 7, it’s also the perfect time to test your smoke alarms and replace the batteries if needed. As people turn their clocks back this weekend for the end of daylight saving time, the American Red Cross asks everyone to also test their smoke alarms. ![]()
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