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I live in a nanny state. :-/ It's still great training to know the various types of extinguisher, and how to correctly operate one. It's not as simple as "aim

• defrost 2y ago
  Is there an actual state law forbidding untrained people to use an extinguisher though? It sounds much more like a job site policy that trained staff must exist and that they must be the ones that respond first (to use the correct extinguisher, etc) .. but it's difficult to imagine actual rules forbidding on pain of penalty (firing, fine, jail) an untrained person to step up (in the absence of any trained person being present, etc). I'm in and from WA, although I've travelled a great deal, and here there's a lot of encouragement to have St John's Ambulance training, to take fire safety courses, to join SES and local volunteer fire brigades, etc. and I've never yet heard of any such rule as if your not trained, don't touch an extinguisher.