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Things to do in a fire

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Akima:

--- Quote from: ZoeB on 06 Jun 2014, 03:25 ---All I can say is it's a hell of a way of getting a full face peel and skin rejuvenation.
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The quintessential Aussie response to disaster. Best wishes for your recovery, Zoe.

Some years ago, when I worked for a large company, the firm arranged for the fire-brigade to conduct training in how to use the fire-extinguishers that were liberally distributed round the building. After covering the mechanics of lifting the extinguisher off its mounting, and pulling out the safety-pin, we had to put out burning liquid (my memory says petrol, but I am not certain of that) in a round metal dish (obviously cut from the bottom of a 200l oil-drum) in the car-park. I remember finding even so small a fire, in the open air, quite intimidating, and being struck by how much stuff I had to squirt onto it to put it out. I immediately replaced the roughly thermos-flask sized extinguisher I had at home with a larger one, but I think I might be more inclined to make a rapid exit.

Jimor:
At my previous job, while there were plenty of fire extinguishers around, regularly inspected per code, we were forbidden to attempt to put out any fire, but instead were to immediately concentrate on evacuation of employees and customers. There were sprinklers to take care of the fire, and insurance to cover everything that could get destroyed by fire or water. Despite succeeding in my own brush with a very small fire, I'm hardly emboldened to attempt to play hero other than whatever I can do to help others escape first, and even then I have no idea what I'd really do.

As the experts say in the video I posted, simply taking a moment to think through the steps of how you'd go about getting the heck out of wherever you're at is huge.

J:
i don't have a fire story, but i do have a friend who was in a moderately horrific deep-fryer accident a few years ago.

be careful out there people.

Is it cold in here?:
The habit of thought runs deep in well trained people. I know someone who hasn't worked as a firefighter for decades who still automatically makes a mental list of the exits every time he walks into a room.

Oh, yes, power strips. Don't go cheap. Google cutaway pictures of consumer-grade versus commercial power strips.

Kugai:
Ouch Zoe.

Best wishes for a quick recovery and no major issues.

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