Promote equipping children with escape skills in case of fire or explosion

In fact, fire can happen at any time, children are the most vulnerable. Therefore, equipping children with knowledge of how to escape when a fire occurs is very important.

A representative of the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department (Ministry of Public Security) said that children are still young and are not fully aware of the dangers of fires. Therefore, parents and schools need to equip children with adequate knowledge related to fires and explosions, so that children realize that fires are very dangerous and can threaten their lives and those around them.

Fire Police Force guides skills for students

Unlike adults, children, especially those under 16, when discovering a fire, find it difficult to handle it themselves. Therefore, parents and teachers need to instruct children that when discovering a fire, they should immediately notify the nearest adult, or call the fire department at 114.

Adults also need to guide children in using the fire alarm to help them press the alarm when they discover a fire.

The representative of the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department added that parents need to teach their children that when a fire breaks out in the house, they need to immediately move to the outside area, balcony... to signal, call and warn people around. Teach children the fastest way to signal to people about their emergency situation to receive timely support.

It is very important for children to escape from the fire area as quickly as possible to ensure their safety. Parents need to guide children to escape through the fire exit, and must observe the surrounding area to find the best way to escape.

The representative of the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department assessed that fires often have a lot of toxic smoke, which leads to suffocation and death. Therefore, parents need to instruct children on how to move and escape in this environment.

Accordingly, children need to be instructed to move out quickly, bending low to find an escape route.

When moving, children should use wet towels to cover their nose and mouth to avoid inhaling toxic smoke.

When a fire breaks out, children's clothes can easily catch fire. To prevent this from happening, parents should instruct their children to quickly lie down on the floor and roll back and forth several times to quickly put out the fire, avoiding the fire spreading quickly throughout the body, causing danger to the child.

In addition, children should be instructed on how to wet their clothes to reduce the risk of catching fire.

Smoke from a fire is very dangerous and can have serious consequences for human life and health. Therefore, parents need to instruct children when they cannot escape in time when there is a fire and have to wait for rescue, children need to urgently prevent smoke from spreading into the room.

Parents can teach children how to use wet towels or cloths to seal gaps and block the path of smoke.

These are important escape skills in case of fire that both adults and children need to know. To ensure the safety of yourself and your family, this knowledge and skills need to be fully equipped and regularly applied in case of fire.

Mr. Nguyen Do Tung Cuong - Chairman of the Fire Prevention and Rescue Association said, through recent fires, we have seen that people who have been trained in fire prevention and rescue skills have better experience and ability to escape on their own than those who have not been equipped with the skills. Many people even help others escape.

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