Fire Evacuation with two non walkers

**dawn100** · 17-10-2012, 07:59 PM

I remember being told on a training course I think first aid that most phones override any locks if you type 999, obviously I've never tried this as I haven't needed to dial 999 since being told this and don't want to ring 999 if it does work!

**tamsin** · 17-10-2012, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by silvermist

Can I just ask what you use to let los know theres a fire? I have a whistle but to be honest the los dont know what it means as theyre only 14 months old. x

I think calling out 'fire - lets evacuate' is the best option, plus demonstrating what the fire alarm sounds like and what it means. Unless you carry around a whistle all the time you won't necessarily be able to access it, and rummaging through a draw for a whistle to blow is probably not number one on your list of things to do when you are faced with an actual fire!

**christine e** · 18-10-2012, 05:53 AM

Originally Posted by dawn100

I remember being told on a training course I think first aid that most phones override any locks if you type 999, obviously I've never tried this as I haven't needed to dial 999 since being told this and don't want to ring 999 if it does work!

One of my older phones did but the last two I have had don't. Just try pressing one 9 on your keypad whilst phone is locked to see if it displays on your screen

**gegele** · 18-10-2012, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by hectors house

I'm going to scrap taking older kids upstairs then to rescue the baby - I always felt uncomfortable doing it, but fire brigade when they came round said I should keep all children together. I have a large porch, I think I'm going to practice putting older children in there and tell them I'm going upstairs to get the baby - count to 100 and if I don't come back down, open the door and go to a neighbour. I can get up and down the stairs and get the baby in less than a minute and we live at top of a quiet cul de sac so little risk of them getting run over or lost.

How many people teach the children to dial 999 in an emergency - in the summer I was in the garden and stood on the bench to reach something and said to the children what would you do if I fell off this bench and was hurt. One 4 year old said "cry" and 3 year old said ring an ambulance, when I asked what number he would ring - he said 999 - but these days with mobile phones that need unlocking or walk about house phones that need a button pressing before you dial - it isn't as easy as it was with old fashioned phones?

We need to teach the children 112 now as they can do it from mobile phone even if lock i think.