1 41 Sur viv al If y ou are f ar of f y our planned r out e sta y with the air craf t and be prepared f or a longer w ait If the air craf t is no t easily seen y ou ma y ha v e t o mak e a decision t o mo v e t o a more ob vious or saf er location but this should only be done in special cir cumstances Lea v e a no t e with y our plans at the air craf t If y ou are no t f ound q uickly k eep busy preparing signal fres and ration y our pr o vi sions bearing in mind that a fullscale sear ch is being organized b y Air R escue The sear ch will be conduct ed on clear e v enings as w ell as in da ylight y our signal smok e or fre is most im por tant then All helicopt er s and fx ed wing air craf t are eq uipped with an EL T crashposition indicat or and y ou should ensure that it is activ at ed pr operly As indicat ed in Chapt er 5 y ou should obtain inf ormation fr om the pilo t of each air craf t on y our operation con cerning the location of the EL T and its operating instructions Tips f or Su r vivin g a Ho t el Fire With impr o v e d transpor tation facilities e xploration per sonnel ma y be accommodat ed in ho t els or mo t els near w or k areas Ho t el and mo t el fres kill hundreds of occupants eac h y ear and these fres are no t restrict ed t o older rundo wn buildings In fact fatal fres commonly occur in fv estar ho t els and large mo t el c hains Careless smoking is the great est single cause f ollo w ed b y ar son It is impor tant t o be ready f or a fre and t o kno w what t o do should it occur A t Chec k In Ask f or a r oom that is locat ed no higher than the thir d foor and enq uire ho w guests are no tifed of fre Esc ape Plan Imm ediat ely af t er c hec k in Locat e t he ne are st e xit and fre alar m the n fnd an alt e rnat e e xit Count door s t o e xit and no t e hallw a y obstacles Does the windo w in y our r oom open If no t ho w w ould y ou break it K eep the r oom k e y a small fashlight and e y eglasses on the nightstand