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Yes! I did a fire training course back in the old days when it involved a real fire extinguisher rather than just PowerPoint and it was interesting how many of
by KineticLensman 10mo ago
Yes! I did a fire training course back in the old days when it involved a real fire extinguisher rather than just PowerPoint and it was interesting how many of us failed to put out a small fire in a cardboard box. You really do have to get close enough to aim at the base of the fire if you hope to achieve anything.
Also, if you fail to extinguish a fire with the first fire extinguisher, it's usually game over. It'll be much worse by the time you get back with another one.
- londons_explore 10mo agoAlso a lot of people dramatically overestimate the abilities of a fire extinguisher. A regular extinguisher will put out a bit of burning paper or your cats tail on fire, but when a set of curtains is on fire you should probably just evacuate.
- foxyv 10mo agoI usually keep two 5 pound ABC dry chemical extinguishers and a fire blanket in my house. They will put out a LOT of fire. People make the mistake of buying way too little extinguisher and not knowing how to use them. My brother put out a wall of gun powder and solvents using two cheap 2.5lb ABC extinguishers.
- harimau777 10mo agoThe local fire department did training at a previous place I worked where we each put out a fire with a refillable fire extengishable that squirted water instead of chemicals. I'm sure it wasn't a perfect simulation, but that strikes me as a reasonable middle ground for training non-firefighters.
- theshrike79 10mo agoThe best thing is that a fire estinguisher costs like 10€, one of the small ones. You can just go light a fire where it's allowed and put it out. And maybe do it multiple times for every family member. Still cheaper than going to the movies and more fun for the kids =)