Everyone needs to know how to prevent a fire. It is also important to know what to do when it (break) out.

    Every year, over 11, 000 people (kill) or injured in house fires. These fires could have been avoided. Smokers who are (care) cause about 200 deaths and over 6, 000 fires. More than of those die in fires are poisoned or harmed by smoke.

    If fire happens, do not attempt to fight the fire unless it is small. Try putting out a small fire with water. If fire has spread or if the flames are more than 20 inches high, shut the door on it. Warn everyone else in the building and tell them to get out. You should leave and dial 911 for the fire department.

    Before (go) into a room, check the door. If the handle or the door is hot, do not open it! Instead, put clothing or a wet towel at the bottom of it to keep smoke out. If the door is not hot, open it (slow). If there is a rush of smoke heat, close it again and shout to warn (other) inside.

    Now open the window and shout "Fire!". See whether you can drop safely to the ground. Use this your escape course if you can. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mat out first. Lower yourself at arm's (long) before dropping. Once outside, stay out outside and make sure the fire department is called.

    One day in winter, a couple of good friends headed for a frozen lake nearby to skate on ice. The boys were between five and ten years old. When they were skating, one of the boys headed deeper into the lake, but 1 he found himself skating on very 2 ice. Before he could 3 it, he had fallen through the ice into the icy water below. Having seen this, his friends 4 towards him but could not get him out of the lake 5 the ice layer had formed back and the boy was 6 under the transparent layer. They could see him 7 but could do nothing to help him. Then one of his friends 8 to see a tree in the distance. He skated to it as fast as he could, 9 a branch and then with all his 10 he started digging into the ice. His work proved 11 and he managed to make a hole 12 enough to pull his friend out.

    By the time the ambulance arrived, a small crowd had gathered. They were all 13 the rescuer for his 14 and calmness. However, they were all surprised as well, and 15 how a young boy could break such a big branch. 16, the branch was bigger and heavier than what a person of that age group could carry, drag it to the spot and 17 it again and again to hammer a hole in the ice. It looked like a superhuman 18. How? How did he manage to do it? It was impossible! During the 19, an old man spoke up, "I know how he did it." Everybody looked at him in 20. The old man said, "He could do it because there was nobody around him who said he couldn't!"