3rd Grade

First Visit –

We reviewed the meeting place from last year and the four requirements for a good meeting place.
The meeting place is where we want to end up. How do we get there?
We have to have a plan and we have to practice.
We made a floor plan of a house and drew escape routes from each room on the plan.

Each room has to have TWO WAYS OUT. The first way is the one we use most of the time, this is called the PRIMARY ESCAPE ROUTE. This is usually a door.
The second way out is called the SECONDARY ESCAPE ROUTE. This is usually a window.
We learned that if we are in our room when the smoke alarm sounds we should crawl to the door and SNEAK A PEEK—crack it open to check for smoke. If the route is clear we take our primary escape route.
If it is blocked by heat, smoke, or flame, we close our door and go to the secondary route.
We signal the fire department by yelling and waving our arms or a blanket. This even works if the window is in the back of the house because a firefighter will always walk all the way around a building that is on fire.
We learned not to jump out of windows or climb onto porch roofs unless we can’t stay in our room.
We watched a video called The Great Escape Challenge about two families practicing their plans.
We learned that we should always check a door for smoke or heat before opening it when the smoke detector is going off.
We learned that we must never go back inside a burning building. We GET OUT AND STAY OUT!
Our homework is to draw a floor plan of our house with two ways out of each room. We need to practice our plan with our family.

Second Visit –

We reviewed escape planning and made sure everyone made an escape plan for their home.
We learned that we can prevent many harmful fires by happening, and learned the most common causes of house fires: Unattended cooking, candles, heating devices and electrical issues.
Most of these fires can be prevented by making sure an adult is watching them, and turning them off or putting them out when we leave the room.