I'm not talking The End Of The World As We Know It, but an average everyday emergency.
What is you plan if your house is on fire at 2:30 am in the middle of January?
I actually woke up this morning with this thought running through my head. I realized that if the smoke alarm were to wake us due to a fire, we would be in a really bad situation. Our bedroom is on the second floor, so getting out a window is not easy. All our clothes are across the hall in a dressing room, so the only thing we would have to wear are lightweight sweat pants and a sweatshirt. I wouldn't even have shoes, as I only wear heavy hiking socks in the winter, no slippers. We keep the keys to the vehicles downstairs in the kitchen, along with my wallet and my wifes purse. They would be inaccessible in an emergency. My wife usually brings her cell phone into the bedroom, and on my side of the bed is the house phone. To top it all off, to get to the neighbors would be almost a half mile run across a windy field.
Similar to an earlier thread, I am thinking a BOB (bug out bag) is needed to be kept in the bedroom. This would contain spare keys and ID as well as warm clothes, a retired pair of boots and a winter coat.
Most importantly.....how are you planning to help your children?!
What is you plan if your house is on fire at 2:30 am in the middle of January?
I actually woke up this morning with this thought running through my head. I realized that if the smoke alarm were to wake us due to a fire, we would be in a really bad situation. Our bedroom is on the second floor, so getting out a window is not easy. All our clothes are across the hall in a dressing room, so the only thing we would have to wear are lightweight sweat pants and a sweatshirt. I wouldn't even have shoes, as I only wear heavy hiking socks in the winter, no slippers. We keep the keys to the vehicles downstairs in the kitchen, along with my wallet and my wifes purse. They would be inaccessible in an emergency. My wife usually brings her cell phone into the bedroom, and on my side of the bed is the house phone. To top it all off, to get to the neighbors would be almost a half mile run across a windy field.
Similar to an earlier thread, I am thinking a BOB (bug out bag) is needed to be kept in the bedroom. This would contain spare keys and ID as well as warm clothes, a retired pair of boots and a winter coat.
Most importantly.....how are you planning to help your children?!