Fire alarm in a hostel

This is just a quick blog on the reason why fire drills are so important. There was a fire alarm in the hostel everyone realized what was happening and left the hostel in a calm manner then things went bad.

Instead of standing away from the hostel and more importantly the doors everyone was right close to the hostel. Personally if I was a fireman I would have told everyone to step back so they had their space to work. Common sense would tell you to step away from the potentially dangerous area. The second thing was people were standing right in the path of oncoming cars so instead of standing in a safe area across the street where there was no cars they stood right by the street. If this was an actual emergency things could have gone horrible wrong.

Do yourself a favour and be aware of fire exits and muster points and make sure in your home your smoke detectors are working and your kids know what to do.

Tuna Tom