Scouting, Volume 52, Number 8, October 1964 Page: 16
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Yes, EDITH can save your life, we've found in
Kansas City, Mo., where "she" was born six years ago.
No, EDITH is not a precocious child but a plan for
saving lives in home fires through Exit Drills In The
Home.
Since 1958 Scouts in the Kansas City Area Council
have cooperated with fire departments in 19 counties
in "Operation EDITH" to facilitate the evacuation of
families from their homes, should a fire occur, especially
at night.
After families learn what to practice, a council-wide
exit drill is held at a signal given over all local radio
and television stations. The signal this year will come
on October 7 at 8:00 p.m.
Though your pack, troop, or post may not have a city-
wide or area-wide signal for an Exit Drill In The Home,
each family in any unit—or even any single family—can
prepare for fire. In Windsor Heights, Iowa. 13-year-old
EDITH
CAN SAVE
YOUR LIFE
By JOHN O. WINFREY
Chief Fire Prevention Inspector
Kansas City, Mo.
Star Scout Phillip Smith s effective use of the evacuation
plan that he had devised for his Firemanship merit badge
is credited with saving the lives of several members of
his family.
Confer, plan, practice
Safeguard your family by doing the following now:
1. Have a family conference on the plan.
2. Draw a floor plan of the bedroom area in your home.
3. Designate on this floor plan the normal escape route
for each room; any alternate route, including windows;
doors that can stop the spread of fire; and porch roofs
for temporary places of safety.
4. Have all family members practice their alternate
routes to safety.
5. Discuss these safety rules for use in case of fire—
• Keep calm—don't panic.
• If you smell smoke, arouse the family.
• Call the fire department, if possible. If you can't re-
member the telephone number or if you are in a dark
room, just dial the operator and say, "I wish to report a
fire." and give the location.
• Close doors against smoke and heat. If door is closed,
test it before you open it by feeling the top of the door.
If door is hot, seek another way of escape.
• If the room is filled with smoke, get close to the floor
where the air is better.
• Never reenter a burning building.
• Plan now where the family will assemble after evacu-
ating the home. Notify firemen when everybody |s safe.
Let the Scout in the family be responsible for [setting
up the family conference and working out the exit drill
plans. Ask the fire chief or officer in charge of the nearest
fire company to review the escape plans. Again, the
Scout can attend to this.
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Family information
As Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, or Explorer Advisor, see
that the boys in your unit pass this vital information on
to their families:
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