What should you do if you smell smoke in a building?

Get out, stay low, and call for help.

Start playing free

  1. Get out, stay low, and call for help ✔
  2. Investigate alone
  3. Open windows to clear it

Why: If you smell smoke, leave quickly, stay low under smoke, and call the fire department. Do not investigate alone.

Huh, didn't know that: If you smell smoke, leave quickly, stay low under smoke, and call the fire department. Do not investigate alone.

The dad joke
Smoke means go, not a mystery to solve.
Like this card?
Play the game

References

Answer: Get out, stay low, and call for help. If you smell smoke, leave quickly, stay low under smoke, and call the fire department. Do not investigate alone.

  1. Scouting America: Fire Safety www.scouting.org/merit-badges/fire-safety
    Explain what to do and what not to do if you smell natural gas and if you smell smoke.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

Think this answer is wrong? Tap "Challenge this answer" on the card in the game and tell us why.