| We all, at some point in our lives, have said to | | | | bring them home. Toys and clothing are easy to |
| someone, "I've got some good news and some | | | | replace as well. This all probably feels a little |
| bad news. Which do you want first?" A Syracuse, | | | | bittersweet to Lamoree, but there would be no |
| New York man got some firsthand experience | | | | consolation if a family member had been |
| with this Tuesday night. | | | | neglected over casino winnings. |
| Kenneth Lamoree returned home early Tuesday | | | | All this brings up a couple of issues. Fireproof |
| morning after a very successful trip to an upstate | | | | safes and emergency preparedness plans. Many |
| casino. He was $3,200 richer and planned to use | | | | homeowners use fireproof safes for the safe |
| the money to catch up on some bills. That's the | | | | storage of important documents, as well as cash |
| good news. Now for the bad news. A little more | | | | and other negotiable instruments. How you use a |
| than an hour later a fire broke out in the | | | | fireproof safe in your home is entirely up to you, |
| two-family home he and his family share with | | | | but they're designed to withstand high |
| another family. Fortunately, everyone in the | | | | temperatures, and excessive water typically seen |
| house, including three children, got out without | | | | in house fires. |
| incident. The fire was so bad, however, | | | | Emergency preparedness plans are the key to |
| firefighters evacuated the people from the | | | | survival in a house fire. It's obvious the Lamoree |
| houses on either side of Lamoree's house. | | | | family knew two things. First, to get out of the |
| The house suffered extensive smoke, fire, and | | | | house as safely and quickly as possible. Second, |
| water damage, including, you guessed it, the | | | | where the safest exits were to get them out as |
| wallet and the $3,200 inside it. There's really no | | | | quickly as possible. |
| moral to this story. In fact, what happened to the | | | | Creating an emergency preparedness plan for |
| Lamoree family is what frequently happens in | | | | your family can make all the difference in the |
| house fires. | | | | world when disaster strikes. Repeatedly going |
| Property gets burned, damaged, and otherwise | | | | over exit plans, teaching your children to remain |
| destroyed in house fires, including wallets filled with | | | | calm and cool, and instructing everyone that they |
| cash. However, the Lamoree family did exactly | | | | have one single goal in a house fire: get out and |
| what a family should do if a fire breaks out in | | | | get to safety as quickly as possible. |
| their house: get everyone out of the house as | | | | A home security system, complete with smoke |
| quickly and safely as possible. | | | | detectors and professional monitoring for the |
| The things we accumulate over time can be | | | | earliest notification possible, is the key component |
| replaced. Furniture comes and goes. Home | | | | in your family's emergency plan. |
| electronics are obsolete almost the minute we | | | | |