Close Your Door At Night

Half of all fire deaths in the united states happen at night when most people are asleep according to the national fire protection agency you can increase your odds of surviving a house fire by doing one simple thing.

Close your door at night.

A shut door keeps smoke and heat out of the room longer buying you extra seconds or even minutes to plan a way out of the room. Research proves a closed door can mean the difference between 1 000 degress and 100 degrees in the event of a fire. Close your door music video. Closing your bedroom door at night could save your life in a fire every day i wish my brother had closed the door a house fire survivor said.

But it also might give you a safe place to wait for the fire department while the smoke heat and toxic fumes. Facebook keeping your bedroom door closed at night is safer. If you close your bedroom door at night and a fire starts in the kitchen while you are sleeping you may have enough time to wake up and figure out what to do. Start making it a habit to close not only your own bedroom door at night but your kids rooms as well.

Many people sleep with the door open because of the lack of information and they believed it was the safer option. Take it down a notch during a fire a closed door can keep carbon monoxide levels at 1 000 ppm verses 10 000 ppm when a door is left open. Close your bedroom door before you go to sleep.