Am I being unnecessarily concerned about this?

This can’t be a genuine post.

Why wouldn’t you unlock and open the door from
the outside once you got out?!

We have smoke alarms (which have defected the most minute amount of smoke from a fire in the past) and my dog is kept in a room with two external doors. I have the keys for the external doors next to my bed, so if we got out and couldn’t get to her on the way out we would go round the back and open the doors to get her. We have a house rabbit in another room without doors, but we keep a cat carrier in the room next to his so we have something to put him in if we can get to him. The rabbit would be the most likely casualty of a fire though.

This.

I assume one is a snorer. Hopefully not the one who has locked a cat in with them since cats having sensitive hearing.

I agree with others. Sort out your fire precautions of doors, smoke detectors, fire blankets and extinguishers, unplugging everything at night, don't leave a washer, dryer or cooker unattended. Get the fire brigade round to give advice and make a sensible escape plan.

Are they house cats? The chances of a house fire are extremely low. I'd focus on what you can do to lessen the risk of a fire rather than lessen the risk of not being able to rescue your cat in a fire. Don't smoke, use candles, deep fat fry, overload sockets or charge e scooters or bikes over night

we don’t have a cat flap and my cat can’t open doors by himself

So install a cat flap...

I'd be more worried about the impending doom of your relationship, in this batshit crazy situation!

they may be hiding in my wardrobe or something but at least I have a greater chance of finding them than I do if they’re downstairs?
So you would spend 5 or 10 minutes searching your room whilst the fire and smoke got nearer to you rather than you escaping and leaving your bedroom door open for them to escape? Every minute counts if you want to survive.

Downstairs we have a living room, dining room/kitchen and then like a conservatory area but it’s all open plan, there’s no doors so would be tricky to find him!
You have no door between you and the kitchen? I think you need to concentrate on that as that's scary!! It wouldn't be allowed in a rental as they would insist on fire doors 😮

Time searching your bedroom for your cat is time you should be using for leaving the house. Even a minute or two delay can be fatal either from fire or smoke inhalation. I would expect my cat to get out by herself and if she didn’t I would be sad but wouldn’t risk my life to search for her.

I don't think you'll have any success in getting your cat to stay in a particular room if that's not where they want to be. You'll have even less success getting a peaceful night's sleep.

I think your cat would probably try and get out, especially if the fire alarm is going off, that would scare him surely? Do you have a cat flap? If so, I bet he'd be out in a flash! Does he have a spot where he usually sleeps downstairs so you have an idea where he is?

How bizarre

You think any type of animal is going to sit in the corner whilst there’s a natural disaster looming?!

Honestly I despair 😩

Animals sense danger long before humans, your cat will be out the cat flap like a rocket with the first sniff of smoke

If you are being fire aware , internal doors should be shut at night - all doors.

Our cat can come and go as far as the kitchen - that door is closed at night.

Dog sleeps outside our bedroom door . Im just praying Im not the one having to carry the fat git down a ladder

How you feel about your cat's abilities and personality really doesn't have any consequences on their actual behaviour and self-preservation instincts. You may think that you yourself will behave in a particular way in a dangerous situation but it doesn't mean you actually would.
But to answer your question, no. I don't worry about my pets. Anything that is not caged, I presume to have capacity to get out.

I have a cat flap and would expect my cat to scarper PDQ of his own accord.

1. fire unlikely
2. if it happens cat will probably escape
3. you cant make the cat sleep in your room anyway.

I think you are worrying disproportionately about this and should look to resovle that.

It's not unreasonable, your post has triggered me to think what I'd do with my dogs, especiallythe elderly infirm one whos a bit deaf! My focus is warning (alarms etc.), so to give more time to escape with all pets intact. I suppose I'd also look to areas that might be "hiding" places, and see how you'd get to them if there were a fire, can you just break windows to give the cat opportunity to escape, or is there places where it'd be stuck!

I have kids and cats (and dogs and 11 guinea pigs at one point) and i have never gone to bed wondering what i would do in a fire.

Kids out and leave the front door open for pets is the extent of my plan.

Cats are not oblivious to danger and would probably be aware of a fire much sooner than we would, and manage to keep well away.

Me too! Last week

I have eight cats and three dogs.
After a recent issue with my C02 alarms we got a fire safety check carried out. Fireman asked if we have a fire routine. I said yes, get my adult son into the car and throw as many dogs/cats as I can catch into him via a window ( indoor cats and ex feral rescues so no mean feat) then I would open doors and hope the rest got out. He told me to get out and in most cases the animals find their own way out. He also told me to have living room door etc shut at night as that is likely to give us 20mins extra to get to safety.
I keep carriers in shed and rest in attic so I could get to shed ones easily.