A few years ago, a participant in one of the safety training sessions that I was leading told me this story.
Their smoke alarms went off due to some burnt food. Their children yelled, “Fire, fire, fire, get out of the house!”
After dealing with the situation, they went to tell their children it was okay. At first, they couldn’t find them. Then they looked outside at the family’s fire escape plan meeting spot.
All their children were standing there waiting!
Many families in Canada do not have a home escape plan. Those who said they had a plan never rehearsed it.