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Did you edit this while i was posting??

Sounds like a plan.....

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well... you quoted me!! :rolleyes: read the quote

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ALCOHOL fuddles my brain! lol

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Mine is my mobile and then i have the fire window in my room... which who knows what that is? so I could open that and then jump down onto the front garden.

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I have done 5 fire safety trainings, them guys show you what sh!t fire can cause!! when you have watched that..... you deffo will have a fire escape planned :(

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I had fire training... including how to use a fire extinguisher... not at all as easy as it looks!( especially when you are heavily pregnant :D ) My fire assessment was pretty nasty, a bit like my child protection one.. i had a fireman (again ...oooh... firemen :D ) giving me all the worse case senarious and asking what i would do.....fire escape plans in a child care setting are not nice because you are trained that you may not be able to get all the children out and to concentrate on the ones you have with you at the time and hope that someone gets the others out :(

For example... if i am downstairs with 2 children and there is a baby upstairs asleep and there is a fire.... what do i do??

get the 2 children out.. going to get the baby would put 2 children at risk to save one.... Dont think i would be able to live with myself either way!

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We have a fire escape plan here and it all depends on where you are in the house and where the main fire is to what the escape plan is...

But a main note to anyone who doesn't know a double glazed window is unlikely to smash just by throwing something heavy at it, the weakest part of the window is a corner. Best thing is to hit something sharp at the corner of the window which will cause it to crack and then throw the heavy item at the main window to complete the break, throw something thick like a duvet over the sill to avoid any sharp pieces left behind...and get out!!!!!

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My windows open far enough to get out.
I think there is a flaw in the design of these houses. if the fire is near the front door, you cant get to the back door.

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I have a plan in case of fire in my home

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sounds like a good plan to me lmao

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I think it also vital to familiarise yourself with fire exits and escape route when you are away from home too.
When I take Ma away, the first thing I do is look at ways out of the place...especially as Ma is not so nimble on her pins.
We are fortunate that with Ma being the user of a wheel chair, most eatablishments try to put us on the ground floor.

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I know the problems with that margaret - when mum was alive and using a walking frame to get about it was hard to work out what to do to get her out if she was upstairs or even sitting in her chair. In fact the one with my mum was to get her into my bedroom because i had the fire window fitted in mine plus also my bedroom was larger than hers. Also she could sit down on the bed next to the window. That was if she was upstairs. If she was downstairs then she just went out the door that was nearest that she could get through.

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thats what i meant by risk assessment. You get used to doing them at work and end up doing them all the time.

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I have an escape plans if fire was to break out in my house. If I cant get the boys out of the front door then I would get us all into their room (which is where my airing cupboard is with all the bedding etc) and pad the door out with bedding. I always take my bag upstairs to bed with me so will have my mobile, and would shout for help from people living nearby, throw the boys matresses out (am lucky enough they would fit through their window) and lower the boys out in duvets and then jump myself

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A question for you all. Especially those who have said they'd jump out their/kids bedroom window. Have you ever jumped out the window? Do you know what its like to jump maybe 15/20ft and land onto concrete/pavement/tarmac or if lucky a garden thats full of grass?