Kids:
If you catch fire,

STOP!
Stay where you are. Do not run.

DROP!
Drop to the ground or to the floor and cover your face with
your hands.

ROLL!
Roll to put out the flames.

Parents:
Teach your children to react quickly to fire. Teach them to stop, drop, and roll when they themselves (their clothes or hair) catch fire. When they stop they prevent oxygen from feeding the fire, and when they drop and roll they smother it. If they see something else burning, they should tell an adult immediately. Play games with your children: give them hypothetical situations and test how quickly they can respond correctly. 

Learn Not to Burn -

Kids:
Do not play with anything that is burning. This means candles, fires in the fireplace, and the stove.

Don't play with anything that burns. This means matches, gasoline, candles, and the stove. If you see something burning that shouldn't be, tell an adult immediately.

Parents:
Fire-proof your home. Keep flammable materials out of your kids' reach and be aware when you have things burning (candles, fireplace fires, or the stove). Keep small children away from these things.

Dial 911 -

Kids:
When you see a fire that shouldn't be there, yell "Fire!" as loud as you can and find an adult immediately. Do not go close to the fire or put anything on it.

If you can't find an adult, go to the nearest phone and dial 9-1-1.
Tell the person there's a fire and give them your name and address.

Parents:
Teach your children when its appropriate to call 911. Make sure they know to find an adult if there is one close to the fire, but also make sure they're not afraid to use 911. Tell them what to say when they call: their name, address, and what the problem is. Let them know they can use 911 whenever there's an emergency, not just because of a fire. Write your address clearly and put it in a permanent place next to the phone.

Know When to Go - 

Kids:
Smoke Detectors sense when there is smoke in your home and make a loud noise. When you hear a smoke detector, get out of the building immediately. Do not take anything with you. With any fire, you should get out of the building quickly but calmly do not run.

Find the shortest way to get out that isn't blocked by fire.
Check to see if doorknobs are hot before opening doors. If there is a lot of smoke, try to crawl under it - as close to the floor as possible.

You should be able escape a fire quickly if you have working smoke detectors throughout your home. With an adult, make sure you have enough smoke detectors and test to make sure they all work.

Parents:
Help your child check your fire alarms. Make sure there's one close enough to every room to wake the people in it. If there is any room that doesn't have a fire alarm close enough, redistribute the fire alarms and/or install new ones. Show your children how to check the fire alarms and replace any old batteries. Do this with them regularly. An intermittent chirp from the smoke detector indicates a low battery condition. We recommend you change the batteries twice a year. An easy way to remember this is to do so whenever you change your clock for daylight savings. "Change your clock AND change your batteries!"

Know Where to Go -

Kids:
Make a map of your home. If there's more than one floor, do each floor on a different page. Think of one symbol for doors and another for windows. Carefully draw every room in your home and be sure to show every door and window. If you want, you can use different colors for different parts of the map.

Now, think of the best paths out of the building. There should be at least two ways to get out of each room. Think about which path you would use depending on where the fire is. Draw each of the paths on your map.

Talk to your parents about where you think people should meet if there is a fire. It should be at least as far away from the building as the building's height. Make sure you can get to the meeting place from every path out of the building. Make a big "X" on the map to show the meeting place.

Show your map to everyone in your family. Explain each of the
escape paths and make sure everyone knows where the meeting
place is. Put up copies of your map all around your home, just
the way you see them in schools and hotels.

Parents:
Help your child make a fire escape map. Remind them to include every room in your home, especially the basement or attic if there is one. Help them determine the best paths out of each room, at least two if possible. With the rest of your family, decide on a suitable meeting place.

Drill Your Family -

Kids:
Plan a fire drill in your own home. Write down everything you can think of about what to do when there's a fire in your home. Think about how fire drills work at your school. Do kids get out quickly? Do they go to the right place?

Write down every thing that doesn't work well at your school's fire drills and think of ways to improve them. Teach your family what to do when there's a fire, and then practice it with them. Tell them to be ready, and then do a real drill with them. Watch what everyone does carefully, and be critical. Tell them what they need to do better, for instance using a different exit or getting out more quickly.