{"id":81159,"date":"2024-07-03T16:14:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T09:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/?p=81159"},"modified":"2024-07-03T16:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T09:14:15","slug":"closing-your-bedroom-door-at-night-could-save-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/closing-your-bedroom-door-at-night-could-save-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Your Bedroom Door at Night Could Save Your Life&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IT\u2019S TIME TO ADD \u201cCLOSE YOUR DOOR\u201d TO YOUR FIRE SAFETY CHECKLIST\u00a0<span class='\"html-span' xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xgzva0m xhhsvwb xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"xz74otr\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/static.xx.fbcdn.net%5C/images%5C/emoji.php%5C/v9%5C/tef%5C/2%5C/16%5C/1f525.png%5C%22" alt='\"\ud83d\udd25\"' width='\"16\"' height='\"16\"'><br class='\"html-br\"'><br class='\"html-br\"'>Closing bedroom doors during a fire can help slow the spread of flames, smoke, and heat. It creates a barrier that may provide extra time for occupants to escape and reduces the risk of fire reaching the enclosed space. Closed doors can also improve conditions for firefighters when they arrive.\n<p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-81162 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/justmetalking.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/07%5C/close-the-door-sleeping.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1200\"' height='\"900\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/close-the-door-sleeping.jpeg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'><br>\nMost people who sleep with the door open do so because they mistakenly believe it\u2019s safer \u2013 but that\u2019s exactly the opposite of what the fire department recommends.\n</p><p>Start making a habit of closing not only your bedroom door at night, but your children\u2019s bedroom door as well. This is also a good time to test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, check your home for fire hazards and review your family\u2019s escape plan, or create one if you haven\u2019t already done so. These small precautions can make a big difference.\n</p><p>How your door locks work<br>\nThe difference between how a room with an open door and a room with a closed door survives a fire is dramatic.\n</p><p>Smoke moves up and out and fills a room from the top down.<br>\nIt therefore reaches the floor last, which means it cannot easily get under the door. This is why we are taught to stay on the floor in case of a fire.\n</p><p>Fire needs oxygen, fuel and heat to survive.\n</p><p>So if a fire can be compartmentalized, its spread will be slowed because it lacks oxygen. If the oxygen supply is completely cut off, the fire may even die out.\n</p><p>The more you can control the oxygen, the more you can control the fire.<br>\nIf you close your bedroom door at night and a fire breaks out in the kitchen while you\u2019re sleeping, you may have time to wake up and figure it out. That might give you just enough time to leave the building, or to call 911. But it could also give you a safe place to wait for the firefighters while the smoke, heat and toxic fumes are right outside your door.\n</p><p>You should actually close as many doors as possible in your home at night.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>IT\u2019S TIME TO ADD \u201cCLOSE YOUR DOOR\u201d TO YOUR FIRE SAFETY CHECKLIST\u00a0Closing bedroom doors during a fire can help slow the spread of flames, smoke, and heat. It creates a barrier that may provide extra time for occupants to escape and reduces the risk of fire reaching the enclosed space. 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