Forest fires have grown very common today and the need to survive it more crucial. If your home is in the path of a forest fire then you need to act very quickly to stay ahead of the consuming flames. Learn more about how to react in a situation where you have to evacuate and act fast to save your home and yourself.
Surviving Forest Fires
Follow these steps to move ahead of the flames:
- Throw away outdoor furniture and inflammable material
- Prepare to evacuate
- Turn off the gas valves
- Switch on the lights indoors because forest smoke can reduce visibility
- Wet the roof, yard and house to prevent the fire from spreading further
- Use towels to put out fire next to you
- Know when to fight fire and when to run from it
- Move away from the flames to avoid inhaling forest fire smoke
- Keep the escape routes open (go against the wind and downhill because fire spreads faster with the flow of the wind and uphill)
- Wet a cloth and cover your face and nose to move through fire
- If your hair or clothes catch fire stop, drop and roll to put out the fire
Though forest fires are a necessity in the environmental cycle, it can pose great risk to one’s health and life.