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Do you have a fire extinguisher on hand? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is going to be more of a life pro tip, but trying to reach the largest audience here.

Just had a frantic neighbour knocking at my door saying there is a fire in her oven.

I was over there in under 60 seconds with the fire extinguisher. There was a pot of oil on fire wedged between the element and the rack. No way to quickly and safely remove it, so I blasted it.

If I had tried to remove the pan, it's likely it would have ended up spilling burning oil everywhere and making the situation much worse. Now they just have a house full of dust to clean.

Will replace our extinguisher today and am considering buying a few more to gift this Christmas.

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[–] 30p87@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The safest I ever felt was when I lived across the street from the local Fire Department. If I ever had a fire (I never did while I lived there) I could have ran across the street and screamed and pointed at my place in under the time it would take to make a 911 call.

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just that your whole plan would collapse if they're voluntary and therefore chilling at home/work/whatever, until an official 911 call is made, exactly as in my case.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was in the middle of a city with a fully staffed and non-volunteer set of firefighters with four full size fire trucks and about eight other smaller vehicles for firefighting. It was staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

But yes, you're correct, would be a bad plan if I lived out in the boonies.