Fire safety in hotels, motels and short-term rentals | News

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District has shared some tips regarding fire safety in hotels, motels and short-term rentals as the summer season begins.

If you are staying in a hotel or motel, the TMFPD recommends:

• Choose a hotel or motel equipped with smoke detectors and a sprinkler system.
• Ask the front desk what the fire alarm sounds like when you check in.
• Review the escape plan in your room upon arrival.
• Find all the exits and count the number of doors between your room and the exits.
• Make sure exit doors are unlocked. Report any locked doors to management.
• Keep your room key near your bed so you can take it with you in case of fire.
• If the alarm sounds, leave immediately, close all doors and use the stairs to exit.

If you're staying in a short-term rental, the TMFPD has some additional advice, as it states that these rentals are not regulated like hotels and motels:

• Make sure everyone in the rental knows the address.
• Everyone should know two ways out of each room and out of the rental.
• Check that smoke detectors are working in each bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on each floor.
• Check the operation of carbon monoxide alarms.
• Make sure you can open all exterior doors and windows.
• Choose an outdoor meeting location, a safe distance from the building.

In the event of a fire, if you must escape through the smoke, TMFPD advises you to duck and try to get under the smoke to the exit.

If you cannot escape, you should turn off all fans and air conditioners, put wet towels in the cracks around the doors, call the fire department and let them know where you are, then wait at a window and signal with a lamp pocket or light. -colored fabric.