A few myths about fire escape

More and more high-rise buildings, once fire, not only the difficulty of fire fighting, the residents escape difficulty also increased. To understand the pitfalls of fire escape, learn the scientific method of escaping yourself first.

Cover your mouth and nose and don´t forget

Fire cause of death, is a lot of smoke poisoning suffocation death and then burned, investigate its reason is their panic to escape after the discovery of fire, neither judge the fire size and did not take protective measures. The correct approach should be to use a wet towel to prevent the smoke from entering the room after a fire. When you escape, cover your mouth and nose with a wet towel and bend down the stairs.

The original escape didn´t work

People have inertia, in the event of fire, always habitually to their export run in, found that the road is blocked, only to find other exports, but at the moment, may be lost is the best time to escape. Fire departments recommend the way to get rid of the escape of inertial thinking, whether in your own life, work or temporary stay in the hotel all want to understand their position, number and position of the evacuation passageway and evacuation stairs, so that in the event of a fire can quickly choose their closest and most convenient route of escape.

It is dangerous to walk towards the light

When a fire breaks out, people will be more flustered, trying to get out of the house and mistakenly think that the place where there is light is the exit, and then the habitual way to run towards the direction of light. But there is the direction of the light may be is a dangerous place, because in both the residential building and office building, in the event of fire, the fire in the most of power supply has been cut off or short circuit trip, there is light place is the sort of thing was engulfed in flames.

It´s not advisable to take risks

In the event of a fire, people often lose their sense and become trapped residents to jump off buildings, but this method is not advisable. The escape is generally only applicable to residents who live on low floors, and it is safer to have a fireman ready for a life cushion. It is recommended that the residents of lower floors can use their bedsheets and curtains to tie knots in the family table, wardrobe, and foot of the bed to use as an escape tool. In addition, the super-tall buildings are usually equipped with fire escape. If the residents have no way to escape from the outside, they will try to wait for the fire brigade to rescue, and do not jump the building blindly.