How to rescue oneself in a shopping mall fire
Update time：2025-8-20 9:21:59
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Knowing how to evacuate in case of a fire in a shopping mall or supermarket is essential in our daily lives. Shopping malls have a large business area, and the spaces on each floor are interconnected, making fire prevention and separation challenging. Additionally, most of the goods sold in shopping malls are flammable, which means that once a fire breaks out, it can spread rapidly. Therefore, it is important to learn how to rescue oneself in case of a fire in a shopping mall. So, how can we save ourselves in the event of a fire in a shopping mall? Let's delve into this essential safety tip for shopping malls.
1. Timely search for evacuation routes. In case of a fire, people are always accustomed to escaping along the entrance and exit and escalators they entered. Only when they find that this route is blocked by smoke, are they forced to search for other entrances and exits. However, they may not realize that they have lost the best time for escape. Every shopping mall is equipped with emergency exits according to regulations. After a fire occurs, especially when the fire is in its early stages, these indoor staircases are the best escape routes. During staircase evacuation, do not crowd, but evacuate in an orderly manner to avoid falls or stampedes caused by crowd congestion and panic. If you find that the evacuation route is heavily smoky or blocked, you should immediately choose another path. At the same time, never take an elevator or escape by climbing, because power outages often occur during a fire, and it is impossible to guarantee the normal operation of the elevator. Once the power is cut off, the elevator may get stuck, trapping people inside, with disastrous consequences.
2. Use local resources to actively rescue oneself. When encountering a fire, people often lose their normal judgment and thinking ability due to panic. In the chaos, people always subconsciously flee towards the direction of light and brightness. At this time, in the fire scene, the power supply should have been cut off or short-circuited, or the circuit breaker has tripped. The brightest place is most likely where the fire is fierce.
3. Do not blindly flee downwards in an arrogant manner. People are accustomed to thinking that once a fire breaks out, the fire will spread upwards, making higher areas dangerous and lower areas safe. They believe that only by escaping to the ground floor and getting out of the building as soon as possible can there be hope for survival. In fact, once a fire starts, thick smoke will spread everywhere, and forcibly escaping can easily lead to poisoning or suffocation. During the escape, if the smoke is particularly thick and you feel it difficult to breathe, you can crawl close to the wall. If you are in a hallway, you can adopt a posture with your feet facing downwards, your head facing upwards, and your face close to the right angle formed between two stair steps, and crawl downwards. This way, you can breathe fresher air, which is beneficial for safe escape.
4. There are many combustible materials in the shopping mall, so in case of a fire, the blaze would spread rapidly and generate a large amount of smoke. However, there are also numerous items in the mall that can be used to prevent smoke. In an emergency, you can use nearby clothes, ties, towels, masks, paper towels, or other available items to cover your mouth and nose, and try to lower your walking posture to prevent smoke from entering your respiratory tract. You can use ropes, bedsheets, curtains, etc. to make escape tools to help yourself slide to the ground or lower floors. Safety helmets and work clothes can be used to avoid burns or injuries from falling objects. If there are no available items nearby, you can use auxiliary facilities such as downspouts outside the building for escape.
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