SAFER HOMES START WITH A PLAN

Family Fire Safety Resources

Use these quick checks and trusted resources to build safer habits together.

5-MINUTE HOME CHALLENGE

How fire-safe is your home?

Check each statement that is true today. Every unchecked item becomes your family’s next safety action.

Your result: Five checks means you have built strong habits. Any unchecked item is not a failure—it is a clear action you can complete today.
TAP TO REVEAL

Myth or Fact?

Open each card to see whether your instinct is right.

“If a smoke alarm sounds while I cook, removing the battery is fine.”
MYTH. Never remove the battery. Open a window or door, use the alarm’s hush button, or move the alarm farther from the cooking area according to the manufacturer’s directions.
“My family should identify two ways out of every room.”
FACT. A second exit matters when smoke, heat, or fire blocks the first route. Choose an outside meeting place and practice getting there.
“It is safe to leave the kitchen briefly while food is frying.”
MYTH. Stay in the kitchen when frying, boiling, grilling, or broiling. If you leave, turn off the burner.
“Smoke alarms should be replaced when they are 10 years old.”
FACT. Check the manufacture date on the back of the alarm and replace alarms that are 10 years old.

Make an Escape Plan

Identify two ways out of every room, choose an outside meeting place, and practice twice each year.

USFA Escape Planning Resources ↗

Learn Together

Use age-appropriate activities to teach children about alarms, exits, meeting places, and staying outside.

USFA Children’s Resources ↗

When a fire happens: get out and stay out.

Go to your meeting place, call 911 from safety, and never return inside.