Lessons of Fire Prevention

1.stop, drop and roll
      If your clothing catches on fire, the most effective method of extinguishing(熄灭，扑灭） the fire is to stop, drop to the ground, and roll back and forth to smother（盖熄，闷住） the flame.Don't run around because it fans the flames.

2.Smoke detectors(探测器） save lives
      Working smoke detectors reduce the chances of death in a fire by half. Nearly 900 lives could be saved annually if every home had working smoke detectors.Even just one smoke detector reduces the chances of death by almost half.Nearly half of all fire survivors remember hearing their smoke alarm.

Deaths due to fire have decreased by half since the invention of the smoke detector.Most deaths due to fire occur at night when people are sleeping.

3.Don't Just Leave to Do Something Else
       One of the most common reasons for fires is how people often leave stoves, ovens, toasters, clothing irons, barbecues, and candles unattended（无人管理的）. Therefore one must always be aware when using the aforementioned（之前提到的） appliances.

4.Get out and stay out
      Each year, many people are injured or killed because they reenter their burning homes. If you are lucky enough to have escaped, stay out.

5. Firefighters are your friends
       One of the most critical jobs of a firefighter is search and rescue. For young children, it is important that firefighters are seen as people they can follow and trust. A firefighter in firefighting gear（机构） breathing out of an air tank can be scary. One way a child can get use to or trust a firefighter is seeing a firefighter dress up step by step seeing that it is a person inside. Also being able to walk up and touch him can reassure them that he is a real person. (which is a step that has already been implemented by many fire departments across the US during fire prevention week)

6. Don’t play with fire
       Playing with fire causes many unnecessary emergencies, and hurts and kills many people, and is a leading cause of forest fires.

7. False alarms kill
      False alarms waste valuable manpower and resources, which may be needed desperately at a real emergency. Also, any time firefighters ride trucks, they are at risk. Eighteen percent of firefighter deaths occur while responding to calls.