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How to practice your Operation Edith Fire Safety

Here's how to start: Everyone decides what the "signal" will be to start the drill. Everyone takes their place in their own bedroom. The "Chief" gives the signal and the drill begins! Another family member repeats the signal. Everyone then closes the doors between their rooms and the main exit. Each person checks their emergency exit. Everyone leaves the house. The "Chief" brings the family together again. He/she stresses the importance of being calm, closing doors, and testing doors to closed rooms for heat before opening them. Review the EDITH picture that you drew of your house with 2 WAYS OUT of each room. Check with everyone to make sure that they are the best ways out. Double check! Make sure the copies of the EDITH picture are where everyone can see them.