I have a fire blanket on the kitchen wall, not far from the cooktop, and a large fire extinguisher in the garage, just inside the door from the house (right near the foot of the stairs).
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Yup. Near the wood stove, it's obvious why. For outside there's the garden hose, and if that doesn't help there's still the fire department. Basically a 1 minute drive there, while officially calling, waiting 4 minutes for the others to arrive and half a minute back lol
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I have one in my pantry. Can't remember how long I've had it so guessing I should probably check it
Yes, I have a wood burning fireplace just seemed like a good idea.
We have a large one just off the kitchen in the garage hanging just outside the door, and a small one in the kitchen.
I bought the large one after a house all but burnt down up the street like 7-8 years ago.
Yep, one in the utility room by the furnace, one in the upstairs front door closet beside the kitchen, and one in the garage. Haven't had to use them for myself personally... but the neighbours came slamming on the door a few times needing one.
IMO every residence should have one handy. Never know what could happen or who might need one. I really should get one thats rated for electrical fires however.
Please consider putting it slightly away from the furnace. Chances are by the time you notice a furnace fire, go there and try to take it, you now own a very burnt or at least extremely hot fire extinguisher. Put it nearby but so near that a fire would destroy it before you could use it.
Its on the opposite side of the room, roughly 10-12feet away. Good suggestion however!
Yes. But it is out of date.
We have three. One in the kitchen, one in the master bedroom and one in the garage. We also have fire escape ladders in the two occupied bedrooms.
I had to use one recently as our trash can caught fire. We had some towels we had used to oil our griddle and they must have still been hot when we threw them away.
One in the car (it’s a hybrid full of ‘splody batteries). One in the office. One larger one in the kitchen along with a pan fire thing. A big extinguisher on the middle landing in the house.
All those ‘fireXO’ ones suitable for any fire type… not that I’ve tested that yet. Thankfully.
Absolutely.
I'm a renter so I'd sooner let the house burn down than spend $20 on a fire extinguisher. If the landlord wants to provide one I'd use it but it's not my responsibility to buy one.
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