Who do you call if your house is on fire?

Answer 1

Get to the nearest exit as quickly as possible and do not re-enter the house - account for all family members but DO NOT RE-ENTER THE HOME TO LOOK FOR A PET - call 9-1-1 - if the house is not too involved get your vehicle away from the home - BUT DO NOT RE-ENTER THE GARAGE TO DO THIS. Maintain your family members is a small group so that you can keep an eye on them and control children who may wish to run back inside for a favorite toy or a pet.

Answer 2

Well first of all you must stay calm, freaking out won't help the situation and will probably only make it worse. Call 911! Grab your cell or the house phone and call 911! Follow whatever instructions that the emergency operator gives you.

Alert everyone that is in the house. Everyone should out of the house if at all possible as quickly as possible. If it's an apartment or multi family building do your best to alert the other residents.

Answer 3

In case of a fire in your home:

1. make sure everyone leaves the house immediately, closing doors as you go;
2. get to a safe place and call the Fire Department;
3. do not reenter the house for any reason until the fire is out.

Many deaths and injuries each year are due to re-entering to "save a pet", which is noble, but could be extremely dangerous if the fire has grown.

Obviously, if you can safely put a small fire out immediately, do so. It is better to put out a small fire than to stand there and watch it burn the whole house down.

Keep a small portable ABC fire extinguisher near the kitchen and near any other heating appliance (wood stove, fireplace, furnace). Know how to use it.

If there is a fire in the oven, close the oven and switch it off -- the fire may suffocate. Similarly, if there is a greasy-pan fire on the stove, maybe try to put a large lid over it, or even throw a wool blanket on it -- still better than losing the whole house.

Answer: While many homes do not have fire extinguishers, factories, offices, and public buildings are often required by law to be equipped with them. The basic types are water, wet chemical, foam, dry powder, and carbon dioxide.Dry powder extinguishers chemically inhibit combustion and come close to being the universal fire retardant. Not only is dry powder effective against both class A and class B fires but it is also useful in combating class C (electrical equipment) fires. Understandably, this multipurpose extinguisher offers excellent protection for your home. Dry powder tends to make a mess-but then a mess might be a small price to pay!

Pressurized water extinguishers are ideal for fires involving paper, wood, plastics, rubbish, or fabrics. These are often called class A fires. Water's potency as an extinguishing agent stems from its great capacity for absorbing heat. In sufficient volume, water simply steals heat faster than the fire can regenerate it, and thus the fire dies out. But do not use water on flammable liquids. You merely spread the fire-explosively! Also, because water conducts electricity, you should not use it or any extinguisher that incorporates it where there may be live electrical wires.

Wet chemical extinguishers employ a pressurized solution of alkali salts in water and are particularly effective against fats and cooking oils but not against petroleum products. They are also effective against class A fires.

Foam extinguishers work well, not only on class A fires but especially on fires involving flammable liquids (industrial lubricants, fuels, paints), generally known as class B fires. There are two kinds of foam extinguishers, so check which one best suits your needs. When applied to a burning liquid, the foam coats it with an impervious film that arrests flammable vapors and also keeps oxygen away. Thus, foam must be applied more gently so that it does not penetrate the liquid but, rather, spreads readily over it. Be careful not to use foam near electricity.

Carbon dioxide extinguishers can be used against practically all fires except gas fires. They work on the principle that carbon dioxide displaces oxygen. But as we saw earlier, if the combustible keeps its heat, spontaneous reignition is possible. Carbon dioxide is a gas, so a breezy, open environment limits its effectiveness. Its cleanness, however, makes it the extinguisher of choice for use on delicate machinery and electronic equipment. In confined spaces, though, carbon dioxide can asphyxiate, so if you use it in such a setting, be sure to leave when the fire is out and shut the door behind you.

The fire blanket* is a handy fire fighter and is ideal for small, contained fires such as you might have on the top of a kitchen stove or in a small patch of carpet. Just pull the blanket from its tidy little wall-mounted holder, stretch it out in front of you to protect yourself from the flames, and place the blanket over the fire. Of course, if you have not already done so, turn the heat source off immediately if at all possible.

Fire blankets are also lifesavers should your clothing catch fire. In that event, remember this vital rule: "Stop, drop, and roll." Never run; you simply fan the flames. If you or anyone else is able to wrap a fire blanket around you as you roll, you will snuff the fire out even more quickly.

Answer 4

If your house is already on fire the things to do are:

1. Raise the alarm (shout)
2. Get to a safe place, bringing other with you if possible, but do not delay for anything and do not depart from the most direct path to the closest exit.
3. Call the fire department
4. Do not re-enter your house for any reason until the fire is out.

Answer 5

STOP DROP AND ROLL! Let it burn down your house you can always by a new upgraded one!

Answer 6

Get out of the house and call 911 immediately.

Answer 7

call the fire sevice

Answer 8

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