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PSA -- Buy a Fire Extinguisher
Dartful Dodger:
The fire alarm goes off in my building at least once a year, twice the first month I moved in, so I became numb to it. When the fire alarm goes off everyone in the building needs to go to the parking lot. So last night the alarm goes off at 1 am ( it never goes off when I'm awake), I got out of bed, put on a shirt pair a pants shoes and a hat, went to the fridge, got a can of coke, and a something to eat while I'm waiting for the fire department to give us the all clear. I open up the hall door and black smoke pours into my condo. My next door neighbor is on the phone in the hallway telling the fire department her kitchen is on fire, her husband tells me his extinguisher isn't working and asks if I have one, I have one, but it
lokki:
How long do extinguishers last?
I bought 3 when I bought my house (two are kept on the kitchen and one is kept on the master bedroom). But that was 5 years ago. do they go bad if you don't use them?
Thanks
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: lokki on April 11, 2005, 03:24:38 pm ---How long do extinguishers last?
do they go bad if you don't use them?
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Sorry, I know nothing about this.
Tonight I'm going to buy a large one that'll put out an electrical and/or grease fire.
If anyone has some useful information on this subject, please let us know.
Thanks
Shape D.:
5 years
buy ones with the abc powder inside.
don't inhale fumes intentionally.
and dont hit your friends in the face with them eaither.
Stingray:
--- Quote from: lokki on April 11, 2005, 03:24:38 pm ---How long do extinguishers last?
I bought 3 when I bought my house (two are kept on the kitchen and one is kept on the master bedroom). But that was 5 years ago. do they go bad if you don't use them?
Thanks
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You're supposed to recharge them every year I think, but I had a fire last June and my extinguisher worked fine. It had last been charged in 1996.
-S