Fire Extinguishers
01-22-2018, 05:35 AM
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Fire Extinguishers
Our sewing/quilting rooms are filled with items that could easily catch fire, fabric, patterns, books, etc. I've been wondering what we would do if somehow our sewing room caught on fire from just one tiny electrical spark. With our irons, and many other electrical things plugged in for hours anything could happen. How many of you have a fire extinguisher in your room? I'm buying one today for my room...rather have it and never need it than to need it and not have one.
01-22-2018, 08:17 AM
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Location: Carroll, Iowa
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I found a deal where I got 2 for a good price. Left one near the kitchen and the other one is installed above my ironing station. I have a gas boiler type heat which is the 1st time anything gas so thought it best to acquire an extinguishers. Its gotten so dry this winter too so another reason for having one nearby.
Plus my house is 118 yrs old this year, made of wood and we have a volunteer fire dept. so I'm sure they'd never get here in time to save my house or anything in it. Also bumped up my house insurance contents for that same reason.
Plus my house is 118 yrs old this year, made of wood and we have a volunteer fire dept. so I'm sure they'd never get here in time to save my house or anything in it. Also bumped up my house insurance contents for that same reason.
01-22-2018, 08:39 AM
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Great idea!
I keep my iron plugged in on a lighted power strip. I check it before leaving the house and also at night.
Check your current extinguishers as there was a recall on many of them. I had 5 on recall and replaced at no charge. The old ones are sent back to company at no charge to you.
PS: Don't forget to check the smoke alarm batteries or installations. I put a label with date on ours so it's easy to check.
I keep my iron plugged in on a lighted power strip. I check it before leaving the house and also at night.
Check your current extinguishers as there was a recall on many of them. I had 5 on recall and replaced at no charge. The old ones are sent back to company at no charge to you.
PS: Don't forget to check the smoke alarm batteries or installations. I put a label with date on ours so it's easy to check.
01-22-2018, 10:47 PM
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I'm the granddaughter of a fireman, so I always have fire extinguishers around, and I've actually had to use them.
We had a breaker go bad; a bug got caught and sparked a fire that went from about 3 feet off the ground up to 15 feet off the ground in seconds. My husband happened to be standing about 15 feet away when it started, he ran straight for the fire extinguisher while yelling at me to call 911. The fire was out before the firemen arrived. After they investigated, they told us we would have lost at least the back half of our house if it weren't for that fire extinguisher, and they praised us for having one.
Another time, my husband was under the hood of our jeep, trying to find the cause of a minor problem. I was in the driver's seat with the motor running and the brake on. He motioned to me to cut the motor. I turned the key to off and pulled it out of the ignition, but to my bewilderment the motor kept running! He peered around the hood questioningly and I dangled the keys at him and shrugged. It was too loud to hear each other, but I quickly realized he was urgently trying to push the jeep out of the garage. He told me later he was worried about the jeep burning up and catching the house on fire. We got out of the garage and he grabbed the fire extinguisher and a pair of pliers. The battery was so hot that the battery cables melted, and he was able to just pull the cable off with the pliers and kill the motor that way.
Another time the wiring harness in our washing machine shorted out and caught fire.
So, yeah. I have fire extinguishers. One in the garage. One in the kitchen. One on each of our personal watercraft (which is required by law). One in the jeep. One in the laundry room. And, of course, smoke detectors.
We had a breaker go bad; a bug got caught and sparked a fire that went from about 3 feet off the ground up to 15 feet off the ground in seconds. My husband happened to be standing about 15 feet away when it started, he ran straight for the fire extinguisher while yelling at me to call 911. The fire was out before the firemen arrived. After they investigated, they told us we would have lost at least the back half of our house if it weren't for that fire extinguisher, and they praised us for having one.
Another time, my husband was under the hood of our jeep, trying to find the cause of a minor problem. I was in the driver's seat with the motor running and the brake on. He motioned to me to cut the motor. I turned the key to off and pulled it out of the ignition, but to my bewilderment the motor kept running! He peered around the hood questioningly and I dangled the keys at him and shrugged. It was too loud to hear each other, but I quickly realized he was urgently trying to push the jeep out of the garage. He told me later he was worried about the jeep burning up and catching the house on fire. We got out of the garage and he grabbed the fire extinguisher and a pair of pliers. The battery was so hot that the battery cables melted, and he was able to just pull the cable off with the pliers and kill the motor that way.
Another time the wiring harness in our washing machine shorted out and caught fire.
So, yeah. I have fire extinguishers. One in the garage. One in the kitchen. One on each of our personal watercraft (which is required by law). One in the jeep. One in the laundry room. And, of course, smoke detectors.
01-23-2018, 03:39 AM
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Location: Northern Michigan
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We have fire extinguishers in the kitchen, the utility room, my studio, the garage and one in each vehicle. I married a volunteer fireman— we are all about safety.
after having an iron catch fire 10 years ago ( it was burning inside - after unplugging it it got hotter and started smoking; we smelled it first- took it outside & dropped it in a snow bank) we decided that room should have an extinguisher too.
after having an iron catch fire 10 years ago ( it was burning inside - after unplugging it it got hotter and started smoking; we smelled it first- took it outside & dropped it in a snow bank) we decided that room should have an extinguisher too.
01-23-2018, 08:41 AM
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They are very inexpensive at a big box store. You should always have a universal one near the kitchen (there are usually A/B labels, the clerk will explain). I also have one in my workroom. When I was spending a lot of time on the road, I kept one in the car. In all my travels, I have used it only once, but it saved a person! Now, my kids carry one in their cars. The recall had to do with the ones with the plastic release pieces. If you had metal rings, they are ok.
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