"Practice Your Escape Plan!"
during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7-13

Fire Department - Oct. 4, 2007
Contact: Mary Fergusson, 773-7965

The Winston-Salem Fire Department and the National Fire Protection Association are encouraging residents to make and practice a fire-escape plan for their home during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7 - 13. The theme of this year’s Fire Prevention Week is "Practice Your Escape Plan!" It’s not enough to have a home fire escape plan, fire officials say. To escape safely, families must make sure everyone in the home has practiced the plan.

According to a poll commissioned by the National Fire Protection Association, two-thirds of Americans say they have a fire escape plan, but only one-third have practiced it.

For more information about home fire escape plans, including a fire escape plan checklist and a grid for sketching out an escape plan to download, go to www.nfpa.org. For more information about Fire Prevention Week, call 773-7965.