Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?
Poll: Do you have a fire extinguisher at home?
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Where do you get them from? A fire extinguisher shop?
ETA: I lived in a house-share which the landlord had fitted with extinguishers, apparently by law. Silly bint had hung one on the wall right outside my room, next to a small flight of stairs to the landing. In a daze one morning I caught it with my shoulder, knocked it off the hook and set the f
king thing off. It was a large powder one and didn't stop until it was empty. The entire house was covered in foul tasting pink powder for months.
ETA: I lived in a house-share which the landlord had fitted with extinguishers, apparently by law. Silly bint had hung one on the wall right outside my room, next to a small flight of stairs to the landing. In a daze one morning I caught it with my shoulder, knocked it off the hook and set the f
king thing off. It was a large powder one and didn't stop until it was empty. The entire house was covered in foul tasting pink powder for months.Edited by Neil_H on Tuesday 16th December 16:44
I'm thinking about getting one from here: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/12557/Workplace-Safe...
gib6933 said:
bp1 said:
House has a sprinkler system inside. Lots of plastic circles on the ceiling which apparently pop down and start sprinkling. Also is location specific so if a bedroom fire occurs it doesnt fry the tv in the loungs etc. Runs on a separate water supply from the house. Hopefully never find out if it works!
Where the hell do you live Tracy island?
Mc Lovin said:
gib6933 said:
bp1 said:
House has a sprinkler system inside. Lots of plastic circles on the ceiling which apparently pop down and start sprinkling. Also is location specific so if a bedroom fire occurs it doesnt fry the tv in the loungs etc. Runs on a separate water supply from the house. Hopefully never find out if it works!
Where the hell do you live Tracy island?
bp1 said:
House has a sprinkler system inside. Lots of plastic circles on the ceiling which apparently pop down and start sprinkling. Also is location specific so if a bedroom fire occurs it doesnt fry the tv in the loungs etc. Runs on a separate water supply from the house. Hopefully never find out if it works!
I would just have to test it! Can't you go have a ciggie in the garage or in a downstairs bathroom or something?? :PKing Herald said:
Celt said:
I dont think i would be confident enough to put it out without making a of it 
But dont the fire service say your better off just leaving it anyway?
Well, they would, wouldn't they, else they'll be out of a job. of it But dont the fire service say your better off just leaving it anyway?
They've got some in Lidle 
at the moment. Thought of getting one until I tried to lift it and realised I wasn't going to make much of a fireman heaving that thing around. Parents had a dry powder one for years and, as observed above, it may well have all clumped together by the time we got rid of it.
Think I'll stick to 999.
at the moment. Thought of getting one until I tried to lift it and realised I wasn't going to make much of a fireman heaving that thing around. Parents had a dry powder one for years and, as observed above, it may well have all clumped together by the time we got rid of it.Think I'll stick to 999.
To be honest you would need to be a bloody fool to not have any means of fighting a housefire at your disposal,it will give you a few vital seconds to escape.
It`s the same with smoke alarms,is it worth the risk for the sake of a few quid?
When we built our new house we fitted a firestop sprinkler system.
Paranoid maybe?
One of my brothers,his wife and their two young children(3 yo &18 mths) perished in a house fire in 1989 while they slept,didn`t stand a chance.
The fire started in the living room and engulfed a 3 bed semi in under four minutes.
No smoke alarm,no fire extinguisher,NO chance! it`s as simple as that.
Walking round a fire gutted house looking at what it does sure brings it home to you all too clearly.
Hard as it is to think about it even now,the fact that they burned to death makes it all the more sad.
Despite what is said many people will burn before smoke gets them,this I learned at the inquest.
lucky for your friened it was just belongings.
It`s the same with smoke alarms,is it worth the risk for the sake of a few quid?
When we built our new house we fitted a firestop sprinkler system.
Paranoid maybe?
One of my brothers,his wife and their two young children(3 yo &18 mths) perished in a house fire in 1989 while they slept,didn`t stand a chance.
The fire started in the living room and engulfed a 3 bed semi in under four minutes.
No smoke alarm,no fire extinguisher,NO chance! it`s as simple as that.
Walking round a fire gutted house looking at what it does sure brings it home to you all too clearly.
Hard as it is to think about it even now,the fact that they burned to death makes it all the more sad.
Despite what is said many people will burn before smoke gets them,this I learned at the inquest.
lucky for your friened it was just belongings.
Edited by dickkark on Tuesday 16th December 19:36
Edited by dickkark on Tuesday 16th December 19:50
J500ANT said:
I've got one in the kitchen, and a fire blanket. I had to make use of the fire extinguisher a few years back when the electric shower caught fire - wasnt a nice sight, nekkid and running round like a madman grabbing the extinguisher!
Yet some people on here think you should have just left the house naked and called 999....Munter said:
J500ANT said:
I've got one in the kitchen, and a fire blanket. I had to make use of the fire extinguisher a few years back when the electric shower caught fire - wasnt a nice sight, nekkid and running round like a madman grabbing the extinguisher!
Yet some people on here think you should have just left the house naked and called 999....Munter said:
Damnit. I keep meaning to have "something".
Guys with dry powder I remember something about them having a shelf life as the powder can "clump" and then it becomes a good club but bugger all use for fighting a fire.
Dry powder extinguisher have to be periodically turned upside down and shaken. We used to do it every month on the ships, but they were more susceptible to compaction due to the vibration inherant in their environment. When I was 17 I was working on a car carrier with 65 of these around the car decks that needed shaking every month; I really hated that job!Guys with dry powder I remember something about them having a shelf life as the powder can "clump" and then it becomes a good club but bugger all use for fighting a fire.
I've got a 6kg dry powder (not monnex unfortunately) and a 2kg CO2, with a small 1.5kg dry powder upstairs. In brushed stainless steel they look rather funky.
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