When a fire breaks out, you have only a short time to escape. If you panic or react senselessly, you may endanger yourself. Taking the right actions increases your chance of survival. Below are some of the things you need to know: 

1. If fire and smoke block the door
   Close the door and stuff the gap with wet clothes. Try to get out through the window. If your home is located at the lower floors, get out with your back facing out and your hands holding on to the window. Extend your legs out in the air, hang on for a brief moment before you let go.
   Do not jump out of the window leaving behind the elderly and children. If there are people coming to your aid at the ground , help the elderly and children to climb out through the window and drop them to the people waiting below. If there is no one, lower them as far as you can before letting go.
2. Crawl on the floor below the smoke
   In a huge fire, smoke and heat naturally rise. So, stay low and crawl with your hands and knees about one to two feet above the floor as there is more breathable air at this height.
3. When your clothes catch fire
   When your clothes are on fire, stop running. Cover your face with your hands and roll on the floor to put out the fire. Alternatively, wrap a fire blanket around your body on the floor.
4. Use the emergency stairway
   Never use the lift in the event of a fire. Do not simply follow the crowd or push each other or run around senselessly. Remember to run towards bright, open space or down stairs. If the emergency exit is blocked by flames and smoke, move towards the opposite direction. Try to leave the building through the balcony, louver window, rooftop, etc. Remember to instruct all your family members to meet at a designated safe location outside the building.
5. How to put out a kitchen fire
   Firstly, turn off the gas. Cover the flame with a pot cover or fire blanket. Get ready a portable fire extinguisher.
   
   

我国每年发生近30,000宗火灾，导致无数人痛失家园，甚至命丧火海。

火灾发生时，人们逃生的时间极其短暂。在这极短的时间里，惊慌失措或盲目行动都可能让您丧命。只有采取有效的行动，才能安全逃生。以下是火海逃生时必须注意的提示：

1. 火和浓烟封住房口出门
   用布堵塞房门缝隙，然后从窗口逃生。若身处底层，从窗口逃生时，背向窗外，手拉紧窗沿，脚慢慢伸出窗外，身子摇晃几下才松手往下跳。
   千万不可先自己跳下楼，把老人和孩子留在楼上。如地面有人接应，先将老人和小孩伸出窗外，抛给接应的人。如果没有人接应，则把他们尽量伸出到最低处才松手。
2. 在浓烟下爬行
   发生火灾时，房间的上空将充斥热气和浓烟，可供呼吸的空气只停留在1至2尺高的地方。
3. 衣服着火
   当身上衣服着火时，应赶紧停止跑动，双手蒙住脸部，倒卧在地上，不停滚动以熄灭身上的火；或用灭火毯包覆身体。
4. 使用楼梯逃生
   火灾时不可使用电梯。千万不要盲目地跟从人流和相互拥挤，乱冲乱窜。 撤离时要注意，朝明亮处或外面空旷地方跑，要尽量往楼层下面跑。若通道已被烟火封住，则应背向烟火方向离开，通过阳台，气窗，天台等往室外逃生。切忌要和家人在指定的地方集合。
5. 厨房失火急救
   首先将煤气关掉，然后将锅盖或灭火毯覆盖火源，可备好灭火器以策万全。