At four and a half, my son Holden is pretty sure he knows everything. Yesterday, I asked him what he would do if he came into a room and there was a lit candle (unattended). He said he’d blow it out (pretty good, kid).

I probed a little further. What would he do if, in blowing the candle out, something caught fire? He said he had no idea (uh oh). That wasn’t the answer I was hoping for. We talked about some of the smart things that a little boy can do like leave the room, call for help, get low, etc. And we’ll keep talking about it and doing dry runs. Next time, with a fire fighter’s dress-up hat.

Make sure that you have a plan for what to do in case of a fire and your kids know it. Talk about fires and practice escape drills when you’re not in an emergency so your kids can be prepared.

Here are a few additional tips about having a workable fire escape plan in these videos:

Designate a convenient family meeting place.

Practice the escape plan.

What do you do to help your kids be more prepared for a fire?

Did you notice our snazzy new redesign of SafetyAtHome? We hope so. Things are different, but in a good way. Now you can find easier access to community features like our RSS feed, Twitter stream and helpful safety videos on YouTube.

Last week, Whitney and I filmed some new safety videos for the holiday season. We learned a lot while creating the videos … about saving money on energy, safely decorating for the holidays and the proper way to clean gutters …  and we look forward to sharing these with our readers and (now) viewers.

In the meantime, let me formally introduce the new UL YouTube channel for SafetyAtHome. Also, be careful if you decide to deep fry your holiday turkey.