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Ottawa firefighters are lauding a 12-year-old girl who executed her family’s “escape plan” when a kitchen fire broke out in the family’s east end home on Tuesday.
The fire spread from a small kitchen appliance to the counter and cupboards above in the home on Fountainhead Drive. The girl, who was babysitting her 10-year-old and six-year-old siblings at the time, heard the smoke alarm and was quick to act. She got her siblings out of the house, and brought them to a nearby neighbours’ home.
Ottawa Fire Services said that they were able to stop the fire quickly and, because of the girl’s quick thinking and family preparation, all three kids were uninjured.
The Boucher family had discussed and practiced a “home escape plan,” said Ottawa fire spokesperson Danielle Cardinal. The plan also included the meeting place at their neighbours’ house, where the girl took her siblings when the fire broke out.
The family had discussed that the kids weren’t to search for the family’s two cats in the event of an emergency. Instead, they were to get out quickly and let, in this case, firefighters locate them instead.
Firefighters were able to locate and rescue both cats on Tuesday.
Ottawa fire urges anyone faced with an emergency to think of human safety first, just like the Bouchers did on Tuesday.
The department credits the family’s “proactive safety measures” for the positive outcome of Tuesday’s incident.
Now that school year is over and babysitters are on the job, Ottawa fire urges families to come up with an escape plan just like the Bouchers’ to minimize risk in the event of an emergency.
The service recommends families:
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The fire spread from a small kitchen appliance to the counter and cupboards above in the home on Fountainhead Drive. The girl, who was babysitting her 10-year-old and six-year-old siblings at the time, heard the smoke alarm and was quick to act. She got her siblings out of the house, and brought them to a nearby neighbours’ home.
Ottawa Fire Services said that they were able to stop the fire quickly and, because of the girl’s quick thinking and family preparation, all three kids were uninjured.
The Boucher family had discussed and practiced a “home escape plan,” said Ottawa fire spokesperson Danielle Cardinal. The plan also included the meeting place at their neighbours’ house, where the girl took her siblings when the fire broke out.
The family had discussed that the kids weren’t to search for the family’s two cats in the event of an emergency. Instead, they were to get out quickly and let, in this case, firefighters locate them instead.
Firefighters were able to locate and rescue both cats on Tuesday.
Ottawa fire urges anyone faced with an emergency to think of human safety first, just like the Bouchers did on Tuesday.
The department credits the family’s “proactive safety measures” for the positive outcome of Tuesday’s incident.
Now that school year is over and babysitters are on the job, Ottawa fire urges families to come up with an escape plan just like the Bouchers’ to minimize risk in the event of an emergency.
The service recommends families:
- Make a home escape plan: Draw a map of each level of the home, show all doors and windows and discuss the plan with everyone in your household, then practice it.
- Make sure everyone in your home knows how to call 911 from a cellphone or from a neighbour’s phone.
- Have an outside meeting place (something permanent, like a tree, light pole, mailbox or neighbour’s house) a safe distance away from the home.
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