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What to do if it happens while you are on your own
Badge 5 of 7 · Fire Safety
Lesson 4 of 4 · Step 31 of 43 in the course
Watch, then decide. The next step only opens when you have it right.
Step 1 of 3
Step 1 of 3
Nobody else is home
You have seen this one before, in another badge. Same moment, same rule.
- Everything so far assumes somebody else is home. This is the version where nobody is.
- Get out. Straight away, by whichever of your two ways is clear.
- Do not stop to get dressed, and do not stop for anything you own.
Your turn
You are on your own and the detector goes off. What is the first move?
Step 2 of 3
Feel doors before you open them
- Feel doors before you open them. Use the back of your hand.
- Hot door: use the other way out.
- Stay low if there is smoke. The clean air is near the floor.
Watch, then answer this
The door is warm. What does that tell you?
Watch what happens
Then go back and pick again.
Step 3 of 3
Meeting place, then the call
You have seen this one before, in another badge. Same moment, same rule.
- Go to your meeting place. The one on your plan, so anybody looking for you knows where to look.
- Call 911 from outside, or from a neighbor.
- Never go back in. Not for a pet, not for a phone, not for anything.
Your turn
Why does the meeting place have to be decided in advance?
That is this lesson.
You watched it, you made the call yourself, and you got it right. That is the whole lesson — nothing here was read to pass.
Now do it
Off the screen, before you leave this page
Watching is not the same as being able to do it. Stand up and work through these. Nothing here is marked and nothing is sent anywhere — the ticks are yours.
Accessibility
Read what happens in each clip instead
Step 1. The same clip you saw earlier in the course, shown again because the rule is the same one.
Step 2 — Back of the hand. A child at a closed interior door touches it with the back of the hand, low then high. It is warm. They do not open it — they turn and take the other way out. Then the same action on a cool door, which they do open. Two outcomes, one action.
Step 3. The same clip you saw earlier in the course, shown again because the rule is the same one.
Every film on this page is narrated and carries a caption track, supplied as a sidecar and never burned into the picture.