Hi, I'm Jonah and I'm ten years old.

This is my brother Julian, he's seven.

And that's my other brother Jude, he's two.

We live with our mom, our dad and our grandmother in our house.

Last year, we had a fire in our house, and most of our stuff got destroyed.

But luckily, we all got out okay.

I woke up in the middle of the night to the smell of smoke.

I ran into my parents' room to tell my mom.

The night of the fire, it was just me and my kids.

My husband was away on business.

I was sound asleep when Jonah came running into the room, telling me there was smoke and a fire.

My mom woke up and she told me to get out of the house and go to my neighbor's while she got the rest of my family members.

MOM: Jonah followed my directions perfectly.

I knew we had to get out fast.

We went over there to my neighbor's house to wait for the fire department.

MOM: Many of the rooms were damaged, but the kitchen and the dining room were destroyed.

One thing I think about on the night of the fire is you guys did such a great job listening.

You followed instructions and you worked together as a team and you helped each other, and then we kind of comforted each other across the street while we were waiting for the fire department to come.

How did you guys feel the night of the fire?

JULIAN: Nervous.

MOM: You were nervous?

Were you worried about anything?

I was worried about my pets.

MOM: You were worried about your pets.

JULIAN: The crabs, the cat...

I was relieved that they found the cat and she was safe.

MOM: I was relieved, too, that luckily, all our pets were okay and most of our stuff was okay, and the things that weren't could be replaced, right?

What things did you lose?

Toys.

MOM: I remember, Julian, you said it was like the Grinch coming to our house, stuffing everything into bags and taking it all away.

And actually, Jonah, I don't know if you remember, but you told somebody that you didn't have anything left because they came and they took it all away.

I realized that I had to explain to you that they were just washing it and they were going to bring most of it back, but you didn't realize that at first.

What was wrong with our stuff?

JONAH: It didn't smell good.

It smelled like poop.

(mom laughing) Do you have nightmares about the fire?

Yeah.

MOM: Were you nervous that there was going to be another fire?

Yeah.

Julian was having a lot of nightmares.

He was so afraid that there was going to be another fire.

He'd wake up in the middle of the night and we'd have to go check the smoke alarms to make sure that they were working.

He just needed a lot of reassurance.

Do you know what made you feel better after you were so nervous about the fire?

Yeah.

What was it?

It was Daddy and Mommy.

When they were snuggling with me, they read books to me.

For Julian, the most important thing that helped him to stop worrying was time.

He's not the type of kid that would talk about his feelings a lot, so I would ask him questions and he would talk to his teachers.

But most importantly, it was just time.

Hopefully, it'll never happen again, but if it does, now I know we have a plan, we know what to do, you guys know where to go.

We changed all of our smoke alarms, so now we know that they're going to work.

We test our batteries.

So if it does happen, we know that we can get out safely.

Now we have a fire escape plan.

It's good to be prepared, and it can help keep you from worrying.

When things like fire or other scary events happen, it helps to talk to your family about it, and things get better.