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Occupant Safety
OCCUPANT SAFETY
Your RV is designed with comfort and safety as a priority. It
complies with applicable codes and safety standards in effect
at the time it was built. A number of required safety items are
installed for your safety and the safety of other occupants of
the RV. Before camping, please review and understand the
locations of all safety equipment inside the RV and all emer-
gency exit windows as well as doors. We encourage you to
develop a family safety plan in case of an emergency or se-
vere weather condition, and practice it with your entire family,
especially children.
• Ask an out-of-state relative or friend to serve as the
"family contact." Make sure everyone knows the
name, address, phone number and email of the con-
tact person.
• Draw a floor plan of your RV and find two ways to exit.
There should be at least one way to get out of your
RV without opening the door.
• Teach everyone what the RV safety alarm signals
mean and how to be prepared to leave the RV by
themselves if necessary.
• Teach how to check doors and not to open them if the
doors are hot. Also teach everyone to stay low to try to
avoid breathing smoke, fumes or gases.
• In case family members are separated from one
another, have a plan for getting back together. Decide
on a meeting place a safe distance from your RV and
make sure everyone understands to wait there.
• Make sure everyone knows where to go to call the fire
department or 911 from outside the RV.
• Conduct safety drills at least every six months to
make sure everyone, including guests, knows what to
do to escape safely.
• Consult your local fire department for additional safety
precautions.
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