Safety tips for travellers
1. Know your hotel fire safety system. Ask about smoke detectors and autromatic sprinklers before you book a room.
When you get there,read the posted fire safety and escape information in your room or public area.
2. Find the two exits nearest your room. Tell management immediately if exits are locked,propped open,or obstructed. Count the doors between your room and these exits so you can feel your way out in the dark or in smoke.
3.Be sure you can find and find and unlock your room door in the dark. keep your room key close to the bed. In an emergency, close the door as you leave and take your room key so you can return if exits are blocked. Don't stop to take anything else.
4.Find the fire alarm on our floor. If you discover a fire, sound the alarm,leave the building,and then call the fire department.
5.If a fire starts in your room,get out. Once you are out,sound the alarm,report the fire to the management,and call the fire department.
6.If you hear the fire alarm,don't investigate. If possible,leave the building immediately and stay out of the firefighters'way
7. Test all doors before you open them. Kneeling or crouching,touch the door, the knob, and the space between the door and its frame as high as you can with the back of your hand. If the door is cool,open it cautiously.
8.If the door is hot, don't open it. Use alternate exit,checking all door as you go. If there is no alternate escape route,stay in your room and call the fire department to let them know you're trapped. Shut off fans and air conditioners. Stuff the cracks around the door. signal at your window or balcony and wait to be rescued.
9.Crawl low under smoke. if you encounter fire or heavy smoke as you are crawling, turn around and find another exit. If no exit is clear,return to your room.
10. Never use elevators during a fire. They may go directly to the floor on which the fire is burning. Use the stairs
*Source:National Association of Fire Protection,USA