• Work out an escape plan to suit your home and talk about it with everybody in the house

• Practise your escape plan at least every six months

• Remember, you need to:

1 Have working smoke alarms

2 Know two ways out of every room if possible

3 Make sure that doors and windows are clear and easy to open. And that there is a safe way to reach the ground, including upper floors

4 Keep keys in deadlocks at all times when home

5 Have an outside meeting place, such as a letterbox or a special tree

6 Make special plans for young children and older people