10 Fire Safety Mistakes Firefighters NEVER Make in Multi Story Homes

#firesafety #homesafety #escapeplan #fireprevention #seniorsafety #safetytips #firefighter This video covers the ten fire safety mistakes people make in homes with more than one floor, and how to fix each one. In a multi-story house, the staircase acts like a chimney during a fire, pulling heat and smoke straight toward the bedrooms, and families on different floors can end up separated with the fire between them. We walk through interconnected alarms on every level, why the stairs should never be the only way out, keeping stairways clear and lit, the danger of storage under the stairs, how to own and practice with an escape ladder, what to check below every upstairs window, planning who goes for whom, basement bedroom escape windows, the fire-rated ceiling under a room over the garage, and the hardest question of all: whether it's time to move the bedroom to the ground floor. These checks matter especially for seniors, grandparents with visiting grandchildren, and anyone for whom the stairs have become harder. SOURCES NFPA – How to make a home fire escape plan — https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/home-fire-safety/escape-planning ESFI – Escape Ladder Safety Tips — https://www.esfi.org/escape-ladder-safety-tips/ International Code Council – IRC R302.6 Dwelling-garage fire separation — https://codes.iccsafe.org/s/IRC2021P3/chapter-3-building-planning/IRC2021P3-Pt03-Ch03-SecR302.6 NFPA – Smoke alarm installation and maintenance — https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/home-fire-safety/smoke-alarms