Possibly the most important plan you will ever make.
Design a home fire escape plan to suit your home and talk about it with everybody in the house.
If a child has been involved in planning and practising an escape plan they are more likely to get out alive from a house fire.
- Make a home fire escape plan and practise it at least twice a year.
- Try to have at least two ways out of your house.
- Use windows as an alternative means of escape if safe to do so.
- Close doors behind you to prevent fire and smoke from spreading.
- Have one Safe Meeting Place outside your home (for example, your letterbox).
Sample plan
Smoke alarms required by law (minimum legal requirements)
Additional smoke alarms recommended by Tasmania Fire Service
Carbon monoxide alarms recommended by Tasmania Fire Service
Click to enlarge and example home fire escape plan
Keep keys in deadlocks when you’re at home
Create your own escape plan
Click on the link below to download the Home fire escape plan fact sheet. Draw your house plan using the grid provided and mark in the exits you could use in a fire emergency. Remember to include 2 safe ways out of your house to your Safe Meeting Place.
Home fire escape plan fact sheet
When complete, place on your fridge.
Hot tips
- Make sure you can get out of your home quickly if there is a fire. The best fire escape plan is worthless if you are locked in. Keep keys in deadlocks when you’re at home.
- Make sure your house number is clearly visible from the street.