If Donald left his door open as he slept, the smoke mixed with noxious fumes would potentially kill him before the fire even made it up the stairs. Donald claims he doesn't need to prepare so Common Sense whisks him off to show him how unsafe his home is.Ĭommon Sense shows Donald a what-if scenario where a fire starts in his living room and what happens when the entire house is asleep. Common Sense argues with Donald about not paying attention to his nephews, who were only trying to prepare him in the event of an emergency. In Donald's dream, we meet his sense of precaution, or his Common Sense, depicted as a smaller Donald Duck wearing a fireman's coat and hat. Immediately afterward Donald falls asleep in his armchair. When they rehearse the use of a whistle as an alarm in the event of a fire at night, Donald loses his patience and angrily sends his nephews away. The boys continue to explain they need collapsible ladders from the second floor. Donald reacts nonplussed and attempts to brush his nephews away. They continue to suggest they find two separate exits from every room as well as choose a rendezvous point outside of the house in order to make sure everyone has escaped the building. The boys explain to their Uncle that their school teacher had instructed them to design a plan in the event of a fire. A few feet from him are his nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie drawing up a fire escape plan in crayon. We transition from Walt Disney to a now animated house on fire, which is "rewound" to show the house undamaged before zooming in through the window to find Donald Duck sitting in an armchair, reading. With the cooperation of local and national fire service authorities, the Disney company produced this short to instruct families on proper home fire safety precautions.
Walt goes on to explain how many homes are lost to house fires every day in the United States and how many lives are lost, over a third of those being small children. The feature opens with the image of a burning house which pans out to reveal Walt Disney watching the scene on a television screen. It was re-released in August 1984 without the Walt Disney introduction. The original release of this short included a live-action introduction from Walt Disney. This animated short focuses on fire safety in the home. Donald's Fire Survival Plan is an 11-minute Donald Duck educational cartoon released on May 5, 1966.
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