While in Brazil, I posted about the daily brush fires. In that post I mentioned the fire that was just out side our hotel the day we arrived. Below is an image of that fire. Before it was all over, the fire had gotten pretty close to the wall that separates the field from the parking lot.
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Just days after the fire, my colleague received the following safety message in his email - the timing is kind of funny
07/16/2008.................
Summer season usually means travel for families. In addition to being a "Defensive Driver", let's learn to be a "Defensive Hotel Guest". (Can I be an Offensive Hotel Guest?)
HOTEL FIRE SURVIVAL CHECKLIST
AT CHECK IN:
Ask for a room no higher than the seventh floor, if possible.
Ask how guests are notified in case of fire. Methods differ.
ESCAPE PLAN (Immediately after Check-in)
Locate the nearest exit and fire alarm, then find an alternate exit. Memorize the number of doors and any other features on the way to exits. Note any hallway obstacles.
Check to see if the window opens.If not, plan how you would break it.
Keep your room key, eyeglasses, and a small flashlight on the nightstand.
Learn the layout of your room and know how to unlock your door in the dark.
Check to see if the window opens.If not, plan how you would break it.
Keep your room key, eyeglasses, and a small flashlight on the nightstand.
Learn the layout of your room and know how to unlock your door in the dark.
ESCAPE ACTION
Grab room key and glasses.
Wet a towel to place over your mouth and nose if smoke is present.
If room is smoky, crawl to the door.
If door is cool, open it slowly. It if is hot, stay in your room.
Crawl to stairs, hugging the wall on exit side.
Walk down to the ground floor. Hold onto railing.
If smoke "stacks" in stairwell, walk back to room and stay there.
Do not use the elevator.
ROOM SURVIVAL
Stay in your room if door is hot or hallway is smoky.
Try to phone the front desk.
Fill tub with water. Turn on the bathroom vent.
Use ice bucket or trash can to bail water on hot doors, walls.
Use ice bucket or trash can to bail water on hot doors, walls.
Stuff wet towel in/around cracks of door.
Hang a sheet out the window to signal your presence to fire-fighters, but do not use it to climb down.
If smoke fills the room, open window slightly (break as a last resort) and make a tent over your head with a wet blanket or sheet at the open window and breathe air that is free from smoke. However, if smoke is heavy outside and looks like it could enter your room that way, do not open the window.
Hang a sheet out the window to signal your presence to fire-fighters, but do not use it to climb down.
If smoke fills the room, open window slightly (break as a last resort) and make a tent over your head with a wet blanket or sheet at the open window and breathe air that is free from smoke. However, if smoke is heavy outside and looks like it could enter your room that way, do not open the window.
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