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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Fire has started inside your room, flat, or apartment and is spreading.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Flames in one area of the room — curtains, bed, or furniture burning.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Smoke filling the room from ceiling downward.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Heat so intense you cannot stay near the fire.
Scene hazards: Smoke, Flashover, Blocked exits
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Shout to wake or alert anyone else in the apartment.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If the main exit is clear, go now — do not search other rooms unless children are known to be there.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Touch the door before opening — if hot, use another exit or window if on ground floor.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Leave by the nearest safe exit. Close doors behind you without locking them.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Help others evacuate but do not delay your own escape.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Once outside, go to your building meeting point or a safe distance away.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 101 — report which room or floor and whether anyone is missing.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 101 or 112 after reaching safety outside.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Give your flat number, floor, and which room is on fire.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Report anyone still inside so firefighters can search.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Anyone exposed to heavy smoke needs medical evaluation even if they feel fine.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do not re-enter until fire services clear the building.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT fight a spreading fire — leave and let professionals handle it.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use water on grease, oil, or electrical fires.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT break windows unless trapped — it can draw fire toward you.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You should throw water on any fire in your room
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Water makes grease and oil fires explode and conducts electricity in electrical fires. Leave and call for help.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Spreading fire or electrocution while trying to fight it.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — A room fire can flash over and fill the apartment with deadly smoke in under two minutes.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Closing doors buys time by limiting oxygen and smoke spread to other rooms.