Housing home user guide

Teach your children what to do if there is a fire:
If you see smoke or fire, raise the alarm and tell a grown up immediately
Get out of the building as soon as possible. Go to the house next door if you
can and ask them to call 999
If there is smoke in the room, crawl low along the floor
Never hide in a cupboard or under the bed. Do all you can to raise the alarm
and get out
If the way out is blocked, go into a room with a window and put blankets or
towels at the bottom of the door to stop smoke getting in. If there is a phone in
the room, dial 999, otherwise open the window and shout for help
Don’t go back into the building, not even for pets
Escaping from a window:
You should only try and escape through a window if on the ground or first
floor, and your escape route is blocked.
Throw bedding or other soft materials onto the floor below the window to
break your fall
Don’t jump out of the window – lower yourself down to arm’s length and drop
to the ground
If you have any children, elderly or disabled people in the home, plan the
order you will escape in so that you can help them out.
Your windows are fitted with disengaging restrictors which
will
Enable the windows to fully open as an alternative means
of fire escape. You should familiarize yourselves with this
to save time in the event of an emergency.
For more information on fire procedures or your local FIRE
service. Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service - visit
www.rbfrs.co.uk
Your nearest Fire Station is:
Hungerford Fire Station
Church Street
Hungerford
Berkshire
RG17 0JG
IN AN EMERGENCY CALL 999 DO NOT CONTACT YOUR LOCAL STATION