Quote Originally Posted by Lee-Bee View Post
If you had to evacuate in the winter where will you go? The children and you will be without shoes and coats.

My 3 direct neighbors are all retired and typically all home during the day so my plan is to get everyone out and go to one of their houses to stay warm. I have all parent contact info and emergency contact numbers in my phone which is on me so I can call parents. I also have a few printed copies near exits to grab when we go.

Where do the children nap...if you had to evacuate during nap how will you do it? Mine all sleep in separate rooms so I have a general sense of how I would go about getting them all out of their cribs in a quick exit. Mine are all 12-16months now so need help. I would literally lie a blanket on the floor throw them on it, grab all four ends in my hands and run them out. They won't be happy and won't be comfy but it is about the only way to get them all out in one go.

Here's hoping we never have to try such a thing. Luckily most fires do not happen during the day and when they do we are awake and alert so have more time to exit than during the night. That said, we still need to plan for it.

In the winter I shovel out all my basement windows, with a large area around them and a path away from the house...so I can throw the kids out and they will be able to get away from the house without going through chest deep snow.
What a great idea to have copies of children's and emergency contact info at all the exits. I keep that in a backpack at the front door but often thought what if we have to use a different exit in an emergency. I'm going to make up a few copies of this info and put it at all the exits tonight.