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what would you do if a fire was approaching your house and there wasnt enough time to get away?

what would you do if a fire was approaching your house and there wasnt enough time to get away?

Answer:

.soak blankets in water to use as a cover, at the window on the floor level make a signal for rescuers to see and assess the situation.
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Find the lowest place, most in contact near the earth (to keep cool), and cover myself with a non-flammable substance - and hope the the fire is traveling fast enough so as to avoid being cooked and that there is enough wind to maintain a supply of oxygen. My answer imagines a house in an urban setting, so the answer may not match your context.
sadly this is a subject under much discussion etc here in oz. stay v don't stay. leave early v wait till the last minute. swimming pool, dam, water tank. well swimming pool maybe ok but it is usually smoke and heat that kills, dam is probably a better option and the water tank is a definite no no - the water gets very hot to the point of boiling. leaving in a car has for and against. some survived covered in wet blankets whilst other perished all systems/methods etc are being reviewed at the moment. the best options would appear to be have a fire plan, good clearing around the house (fire breaks), plenty of water on hand and water down everything such as the house. but the best would seem to be to build an underground bunker/safe area of some sort. this was done during the war and is certainly still done in cyclone areas. sadly at the time of posting there have been 181 positive deaths and over 80 people missing, the fires are still burning and the loss of housing, cattle, sheep, wildlife etc is beyond belief. there are a lot of factors yet to be considered, the speed of this and every fire, the ferocity, wind speeds, dryness of the countryside etc my personal option would be to leave as soon as i knew there was a possibility of a fire but in some cases even this was not possible this time.

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