subject: Tips on How to Improve Fire Safety in the Home [print this page] Now that you have strengthened your knowledge of home safety, it is time to put this into action by drawing up a safety plan for your home. Since each home has a different organizational layout, you can draw up a diagram or map; locate high-risk areas that need extinguishers, smoke alarms, etc.; and then devise an effective and easy to use escape route from your flat to the nearest fire escape. As part of your safety plan, you may also include the task of monitoring your equipment for damages and dead batteries. This is also important because equipment that have dead batteries or have been damaged will prove to be useless just when you need them the most.
