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Escaping Safely Important tips for creating a fire escape route from your home. From "Your Home Make It Safe" episode YHM-101

Fire fact: Most house fires occur between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. (Continued below)

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An escape ladder is easy to install and use: simple secure it to the window sill, release the cloth ladder to the ground and climb down slowly to minimize the risk of injury from a fall.

Because most house fires occur when most families are asleep, and perhaps unable to think clearly, it's important to have a practiced escape plan that will quickly enable you to get out of the house, away from the fire.

• Call for a free-home inspection from your local fire department.
• Devise an escape route for everyone in the family. Install escape ladders in the upper floors of multi-level homes.
• Have an agreed-upon meeting place where the entire family will meet after escaping the home--at a neighbor's home or mailbox, for example.
• Practice and time your escape. All family members should be able to escape in two and a half minutes or less.

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