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“One death is easier to take than the whole family. You get out.” Castlcton lire fighter .Judy Hitt tells her children.
Hitt, who is vice president of the Castleton volunteer fire department, says fire drills are held regularly at her home, but the lack of education about fire safetv in Rappahannock County hit her hard when she was substitute teaching a fourth grade class at KCKS and only one child in the class knew what to do if his clothes caught fire.
.Jimmy knew that he should roll around on the ground with his hands on his face.
"I can't imagine parents not training their kids," Hitt remarked later. At her house, the children are trained to get out of bed when the smoke detector goes off, go right outside and wait by the mailbox for the rest of the family. They can literally do it with their eyes closed. "They're half asleep and outside before they know it, they're so well drilled." she says. Hitt adds that the majority of fire deaths occur at night while everyone is asleep. Sleepers' senses are so dulled, they are not aware the fire has started. They usually die from smoke inhalation before the fire reaches them.
Hitt says people should remember to stay low in a burning house. Since the smoke and heat rise, the best escape is * made by crawling along the floor with one’s mouth covered with a cloth.
If the bedroom door is hot, the fire has already reached,, Jthe ball way and people should jump out the
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