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Fire Escape-Your opinions please
It's normal that a Mom worry about getting her children out of the house if there should be a fire. But, if you could see how small my house is you'd probably understand why I worry more than, probably, the normal mother would.
We have a 3 bedroom house, but my son's bedroom is on the first floor. The rest of us are upstairs. We have a small cape cod style home and the upstairs was refinished and is only big enough for two bedrooms that are not even separated by a hallway.
The children had recently had fire prevention day where the local FD came in and explained to them how to get out of the house safely, etc. That's all well and fine, but in my house, if the fire is downstairs, my son who is 6 would have to learn how to get out of the house on his own or die should he become trapped and freak out.
His bedroom is right near the stairs, but should the fire be in the stairway or near his door he has been taught to feel the door first, then if he can't get out and run up the stairs to meet the rest of us (or we can't get to him) he's to open his window and the screen and jump out and meet us across the street in the neighbor's yard. We've practiced this and he seems to do good at it. I would make a "fire" design on a piece of paper and hide it somewhere.
The real big problem...our house is so small that if there were a fire downstairs, it would spread in an instant. There's only about 30 feet between one side of the house and the other. It's like a box. (We're trying to move because it's too small anyway..which is a good thing!).
Should I keep my son downstairs? Should I put him in the same room as his sister who is 8? Bunkbeds? I think they're too old and need their privacy, but it would keep me from worrying. I can't move my bedroom downstairs because my bed won't even fit in my son's room. If there were a fire and we couldn't get upstairs to the kids, they'd have to put the metal escape ladder out the window themselves and they can't possibly even lift it.
I'm just looking for your opinions. I know I probably worry too much, but that's my job.
We have a 3 bedroom house, but my son's bedroom is on the first floor. The rest of us are upstairs. We have a small cape cod style home and the upstairs was refinished and is only big enough for two bedrooms that are not even separated by a hallway.
The children had recently had fire prevention day where the local FD came in and explained to them how to get out of the house safely, etc. That's all well and fine, but in my house, if the fire is downstairs, my son who is 6 would have to learn how to get out of the house on his own or die should he become trapped and freak out.
His bedroom is right near the stairs, but should the fire be in the stairway or near his door he has been taught to feel the door first, then if he can't get out and run up the stairs to meet the rest of us (or we can't get to him) he's to open his window and the screen and jump out and meet us across the street in the neighbor's yard. We've practiced this and he seems to do good at it. I would make a "fire" design on a piece of paper and hide it somewhere.
The real big problem...our house is so small that if there were a fire downstairs, it would spread in an instant. There's only about 30 feet between one side of the house and the other. It's like a box. (We're trying to move because it's too small anyway..which is a good thing!).
Should I keep my son downstairs? Should I put him in the same room as his sister who is 8? Bunkbeds? I think they're too old and need their privacy, but it would keep me from worrying. I can't move my bedroom downstairs because my bed won't even fit in my son's room. If there were a fire and we couldn't get upstairs to the kids, they'd have to put the metal escape ladder out the window themselves and they can't possibly even lift it.
I'm just looking for your opinions. I know I probably worry too much, but that's my job.
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