Fire Extinguishers
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A) Keep a maintained fire extinguisher handy.
B) Buy a new fire extinguisher after the fire and clean up/rebuild.
Choose the smarter course of action.
B) Buy a new fire extinguisher after the fire and clean up/rebuild.
Choose the smarter course of action.
I have a few hanging out.
Never had one age out. For some reason they like to randomly discharge in a vehicle.
Never had one age out. For some reason they like to randomly discharge in a vehicle.
ls1mike
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I can tell you after my recent event, 1 is not enough.
Also make sure you have the right type.
A - things that turn to Ash (ordinary combustibles like paper, wood, clothing etc.)
B - Things that come in Barrels (fuels, engine oils)
C - things that have Current (electrical)
K - things in the Kitchen. These oils and greases do not fall under B.
A - things that turn to Ash (ordinary combustibles like paper, wood, clothing etc.)
B - Things that come in Barrels (fuels, engine oils)
C - things that have Current (electrical)
K - things in the Kitchen. These oils and greases do not fall under B.
Red ones are normally ABC (all 3) extinguishers. I'd suggest at least 5lb and preferably 10lb or so ones, they run out fast, had training on those and used them on controlled fires during training.
The most common ones sold in big box stores like Home Depot, Costco and WalMart are rated 1A, 10B,C.
I have two in my garage. They saved my garage. I had a radiant propane heater that uses a 30 lb jug of propane. I took it to be refilled and somehow the jug was overfilled. When I turned on the heater liquid propane eventually shot out. It was like a blazing stream of propane a real flame thrower. I could not get to the shutoff valve due to the flames. Fortunately I kept my cool and grabbed the extinguisher. Had never used one in an emergency but was about to learn how effective they could be. I hit the flaming stream and got it out. If I had not had the extinguisher and thought quickly I would have surely lost the garage and all of its contents including the car.
Used one of these:
Used one of these:
4WD
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I have several - and a fire blanket for the stovetop …
ABCs for everywhere except the kitchen. Kitchen gets a K, or both an ABC and K.
Bought my first a couple of days ago. Thinking about getting a second for the garage, which is separate from the house. Thanks for the reminder.
We have multiple fire extinguishers. Kitchen Pantry, all bedroom closets and at least two in the garage. They are the next size up from the smaller ones.
We are now in a one level down sized home. But for 16 years a much larger home with 4 BRs on the 2nd floor (master on the main)
It was also a high house so also had one of those emergency roll out escape ladders in a central location in case my kids (at the time) or visitors could not get down the stairs. The fire extinguishers were a carry over from that house. Whenever visitors stayed I always made sure they knew the locations. It was also an "open" house with the main floor open to and through the second floor so my fear was always that the staircase could easily become unpassable.
Some I replaced to do age but it's easy to escape this new one level home.
I knew a whole young family who died in a house fire when I was a young adult. Both parents and two newborns. Horrible, one smoke detector in the hall. I never found out from the fire department if it was working, I knew at the time that possible there was no battery in it..
It only takes a few minutes and a few dollars and some thought to protect your family if the unimaginable happens.
PS DO NOT FORGET TO PUT IN A CO (carbon monoxide) detector. CO will kill you and you wont even know it's happening.
(I have a personal story for that one too, I was very young, married and kids and I had the detector)
In addition to the deaths, over 100,000 Americans go to the hospital each year. Click the link for facts.
https://usafacts.org/articles/is-carbon-monoxide-still-a-problem-in-the-us/
We are now in a one level down sized home. But for 16 years a much larger home with 4 BRs on the 2nd floor (master on the main)
It was also a high house so also had one of those emergency roll out escape ladders in a central location in case my kids (at the time) or visitors could not get down the stairs. The fire extinguishers were a carry over from that house. Whenever visitors stayed I always made sure they knew the locations. It was also an "open" house with the main floor open to and through the second floor so my fear was always that the staircase could easily become unpassable.
Some I replaced to do age but it's easy to escape this new one level home.
I knew a whole young family who died in a house fire when I was a young adult. Both parents and two newborns. Horrible, one smoke detector in the hall. I never found out from the fire department if it was working, I knew at the time that possible there was no battery in it..
It only takes a few minutes and a few dollars and some thought to protect your family if the unimaginable happens.
PS DO NOT FORGET TO PUT IN A CO (carbon monoxide) detector. CO will kill you and you wont even know it's happening.
(I have a personal story for that one too, I was very young, married and kids and I had the detector)
In addition to the deaths, over 100,000 Americans go to the hospital each year. Click the link for facts.
https://usafacts.org/articles/is-carbon-monoxide-still-a-problem-in-the-us/
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It drives me crazy. We have much the same size and it seems no matter what I buy now they dont come with mounting hardware.
