Arm Yourself Properly at the Cottage

• Equip the cottage as you would your home. Install smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, as well as fire extinguishers and test them regularly.  National Fire Protection Association recommendations apply:  one per floor and outside sleeping areas.  If you sleep with doors closed, install alarms inside bedrooms.
  
  
• Be as familiar with the exits from your cottage and outbuildings as you are with those at home, and create an escape plan for your family.  Share it with visiting guests.

What To Do In Case Of Fire

• Yell to alert others and execute your Escape Plan as practiced.  Call 911 or your local Fire Service for help.

• On watercraft, use a fire extinguisher to contain and fight small fires or abandon the craft and swim to safety, using appropriate emergency and signaling techniques to call for help.