Fire Extinquishers are going on sale

Man, I'll tell you what, that heading perked my interest. A few months back my zero turn mower caught fire while we doing some repair welding. You can't find a fire extinguisher fast enough! After it was put out I asked my son, "where did that lock pin go?" , he said there's no telling, you pulled it like you were throwing a grenade!

 

I'm good with the ABC fire extinguishers but agree with you on the deal with the CO2/smokes, got a deal on 4 of them to replace my out of date ones this fall.

 

I have a shiny fire extinuisher that shoots water under 100 psi starting air pressure. If water will do the job, like paper, wood, etc, it holds a lot more stuff than the dry chemical jobbies.

 

I bought our fire extinguishers from a local guy who does the business inspections at our business for the village, he checks them every year, if they need charging he'll do that, all for a fee but it's better then buying the ones you can't recharge.

 

I know this thread is a little old but the subject matter is timeless.

I was recently reminded of a personal experience I had with fire back in 2009. It has nothing to do with wood heat or wood stoves but the premise is the same. I posted this in a homesteading forum when it happened. I stopped in there this morning and found it was resurrected so I'm posting it here as a reminder to everyone just how important it is to have access to fire suppression gear and knowing how to use it.

Here is a copy/paste of that post from Dec. 22, 2009

How many folks here keep fire extinguishers handy? We have 6 and they all paid for themselves this morning.

I got a call about 9:00 this morning from someone looking to have a parking lot plowed. I went out at 9:30 and started the truck to let it warm up. It's diesel and doesn't like to run right away when it's this cold. At 9:45 I said good-bye to DW and went out to find smoke coming out from under the hood. As I got closer I found the entire cab filled with thick, black smoke. When I opened the door to shut it off, flames erupted from the influx of fresh oxygen. They were coming from under the dash on the passenger side. I slammed the door shut, RAN back into the house and grabbed one of the 2 extinguishers we keep in the kitchen. RAN back out, opened the passenger door and shot one good blast under the dash. That was all it took. The fire was out. If I would have had to call the fire department, I'm sure I would have lost the truck.

Put a fire extinguisher or 3 at the top of your list of things to have if you don't already have one. They don't have the "cool" factor of that new chain saw but are every bit as important. They aren't that expensive and it could save your life or your property.

 

Thanks for the story. I was burning some junk outside just this past weekend and it started getting windy enough that I figured I better have a fire extinguisher handy. I went to my shop where I keep one and couldn't find it anywhere, I have it mounted on the wall but somebody must have moved it! It kind of freaked me out, I have a smaller one that's in the kitchen, but it would have been bad had I needed to grab one and it wasn't where I thought it was! I probably should pick up a couple more (and find the one that belongs in the garage).

 

Uncle, I have full coverage on my truck and would not have passed up such an opportunity had it presented itself to me.....

Glad you're alright.