Assign A Meeting Place
Designate a meeting location away from the home. For example, meet under a specific tree to make sure everyone has gotten out safely. Select one person to go to a neighbor's home to call the fire department.

Practice Escaping From Every Room In The Home
Practice "escape procedures" at least quarterly. Provide two alternatives to get out of each room so that if the main way is obstructed by fire or smoke, you still have a second way out. Make sure that windows are not stuck, screens can easily be removed and that security bars can be properly opened. Further, practice feeling your way out of the house in the dark or with your eyes closed / blindfolded. In a real fire situation, the amount of smoke generated by a fire most likely will make it difficult to see.

Security Bars
While security bars may protect your family against intruders, they can also trap you in the event of a fire. Windows and doors with security bars must have quick release devices and that everyone in the family understands and practices how to properly open locked or barred doors and windows.

Use Electricity Safely
If an electrical appliance smolders or has an unusual smell, unplug it right away, then have it serviced before using it again. Replace any electrical cord that is cracked or worn. Don't overload extension cords. Don't tamper with your fuse box or use improper-sized fuses.

Install Smoke Detectors
Install smoke detectors on every level of your home, including the basement, and outside each sleeping area. If you sleep with the door closed, install one inside your sleeping area as well.
Test detectors every month and change batteries once a year, or whenever a detector chirps to signal low battery power. Never use a smoke detector's battery for another purpose - a disabled detector can't save your life. Replace detectors that are more than 10 years old.

Keep An Eye On Smokers
Smoking in bed or when you are dozy could be deadly. Provide smokers with large, deep non-tip ashtrays and soak butts with water before throwing them away. Before going to bed or leaving home after someone has been smoking, check under and around cushions and upholstered furniture for smoldering cigarettes.

Cook Carefully
Never leave cooking unattended. Keep cooking areas free of flammable elements. When cooking, wear clothes with short, rolled-up or tight-fitting sleeves. Turn pot handles inward on the stove where you can't bump them and children can't reach them. If grease catches fire in a pan, slide a lid over the pan to smother the fire and turn off the heat. Leave the lid on until cool.

Give Space Heaters Space
Place portable heaters and space heaters at least three feet from anything that can burn. Keep children and pets away from heaters, and never leave heaters on when you leave home or go to bed.

Never Use Matches & Lighters as Toys
Matches and lighters can be deadly in a child's hand. Keep all matches and lighters out of children's sight or reach. Teach them that these are not toys, and should be used only by adults or with adult supervision.

Quickly Leave The Building
In a fire, time is critical. So when a fire crops up, quickly take the safest way out and do not waste any time saving property. If you have no choice but to escape through smoke, remember to crawl low, under the smoke while keeping your mouth covered. The smoke contains noxious gases, which can disorient you or, at worst, prevail over you.

Never Open Doors With Hot Knobs
When you come to a closed door, feel the top of the door, the doorknob, and the crack between the door and doorframe to make sure that fire is not on the other side. If it feels hot, proceed to the alternative escape route. If it's hot and you accidentally opened it and heat and smoke start to come in, briskly bang the door and make sure it is securely closed, then use your alternate escape route.

Stop, Drop And Roll
If your clothes are caught on fire, don't panic and run. Pause, drop to the ground, cover your face with your hands, and roll over and over to smother the fire.

Once Out, Stay Out
Escape first, and then notify the fire department. For any reason, never go back into a burning building. Teach children not to hide from firefighters. If someone is missing, tell the firefighters. They are equipped to perform rescue operations safely.

Cool A Burn
Run cold water over a burn for 10 to 15 minutes. Never put any grease on a burn (i.e. butter, oil). If the burned skin swells up, see a doctor immediately. Never use ice.

1. Make it a habit to sleep with bedroom doors closed. This will keep deadly heat and smoke out of bedrooms, giving you additional time to escape.
2. Find a way for everyone to sound a family alarm. Yelling, pounding on walls, whistles, etc. Practice yelling "FIRE!"
3. If you have halogen lights, make sure they are away from flammable drapes and low ceiling areas. Never leave them on when you leave your home or office.
4. Give first aid where appropriate. Seriously injured victims should be transported to professional medical help immediately. Stay out of the damaged building. Return only when fire authorities say it is safe.

1. Remove plugs of electric equipment from the sockets after use before leaving the office, except time devices (e.g. timekeeping machine, fax machine).
2. Leave the workplace clean and tidy and remove any combustible material and leave in a safe place.
3. Fire Exits should always be free from any obstructions.

1. Pull Off the safety pin placed at the right side of the lever.
2. Hold the hose and aim the nozzle at the flame and keep a safe distance away from it.
3. Suppress the upper and lower levers together to make it functional.
4. Sweep the nozzle during burst to prevent the rapid spread of fire and to keep it from affecting other things.

1. Report it to any of the available personnel in the HR & Administration, Building Administration and to the nearest Fire Department.
2. Activate the fire alarm and/or notify the others about the existence of the fire and where it is located.
3. Do not panic and evacuate the premises calmly via the main stairs
4. If the main stairs cannot be used, leave the building via the nearest fire exit.
5. Never use the elevator.
6. Do not attempt to return.

1. Switch off all electrically-lighted Christmas decors (Christmas lanterns/Christmas trees) before sleeping or when leaving your house.
2. If you're leaving your house during the holidays, please make sure to unplug all appliances and close your LPG tank valve.
3. Adults must keep watch over children playing with fireworks. Ensure that they are having fun the right way - the safe way.
4. Never light fireworks inside the house.
5. Never hold firecrackers while lighting it.
6. Don't burn rubber tires or make bonfires on the streets.
7. It is safer to throw an unlighted firecracker into a drum with fire inside. Place drum away from combustible materials.
8. Never pick up or hold a firecracker that failed to explode immediately. Explosion may be delayed by a loose fuse.
9. Flying firecrackers should always be lighted on open ground, pointing straight up.
10. Don't allow children to keep fireworks in their pockets, store them away from fire or any heat source.
11. Ensure that children don't engage in pranks such as throwing lighted firecrackers or sparkles at others, or try to make fireworks themselves.
12. Store fireworks in a safe place with no combustible materials.
13. Wear close fitting clothes of thick material instead of loose or flimsy garments.
14. Keep a pail of water handy, it can be used to put out fire or as a first-aid for minor burns until the pain subsides.
15. Buy only legally mandated firecrackers. Don't buy banned firecrackers such as "pla-pla", "super lolo" or other highly explosive kinds.
16. After the new year's eve celebrations, douse all firecrackers debris with water and sweep them away.
    courtesy of
    Bureau of Fire Protection's Public Safety Campaign Towards "A Fire Safety Conscious Citizenry"

1. Do not panic. Stay within the building and do not rush outdoors using elevators or stairways. The disastrous effects of major earthquakes occur within the first minute. This does not give enough time for anyone to leave the building.
2. Seek shelter under tables, against concrete posts or under any protective covering. Do not crowd in hallways to avoid injury in the event of stampede.
3. In case of fire started by an earthquake, put out the fire and shut off all electrical switches.
4. After the initial shock or tremors, calmly exit the building and stay in open spaces at a height of about one half the height of the nearest tallest building.
5. One must never use elevators since electric power might be cut off at any time resulting in the occupants being trapped inside the elevator.