Myth: Fires spread slowly. Truth: There is actually very little time, and people must be prepared and know how to act in an emergency.

With "Know When to Go: React Fast to Fire," families learn how to protect themselves from fires with smoke alarms, how to plan for an emergency by practicing exit drills in the home (EDITH), how to exit safely from a building by crawling low, the stop, drop, and roll method and most importantly how to prevent fires from starting in the first place.