Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?

Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?

Poll: Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?

Total Members Polled: 305

Yes: 55%
No: 37%
No, but I will now be buying one. Thanks.: 8%
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GC8

19,910 posts

196 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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A 6kg powder extinguisher costs about £20 + VAT (and a 6 litre AFFF foam costs the same): at that price everyone should have at least one...

GC8

19,910 posts

196 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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J500ANT said:
In a similar vein http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7787513.stm

The long-running advice to use a wet tea towel to tackle chip pan fires is being scrapped by the government.
Thats terrible advice! If you frame then you can put out a burning fat fire in seconds: if you take the new advice your kitchen will be ruined and possibly your house too... Their reasoning is as transparent as it is piss-poor: whetever is the world coming to?