HAVE YOU GOT A FIREPLAN?

[poppypiesdad]

Hi tom yes I agree with you on the fire extinguisher thing but do people really know how long one lasts when you pull the pin and squeeze the leavers

http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri ... o9Jt1YZ_tU

That surprised me

Jamie

[jansman]

She is back home now. All of a sudden boyfriend(and neighbours) are putting a grab bag together!
As many of you know, I do not do the "bugout" bag. But I have always had a grab bag with clothes, cash and keys. I keep thos in my workshop for all of us. In the bedroom I have my "manbag" with driving licence, inhalers, keys. A torch-Sarah said this would have been invaluable on Friday!

The main thing is a way out.

[jansman]

Oh yes-the quick thinking of a neighbour-with an extinguisher, saved the day.

[TomW]

Quite right jamie, they run out fast! My plan for them.is first line of defence and then to aid access to my sons room if necessary. Extinguishers aren't really meant for anymore than that anyway. Just want enough to get me, the wife, my 1 year old son and the dog out. If that was enough to prevent a small incident getting worse then its a bonus

[Plantiejo]

Jansman....SOoooo glad your daughter and others got out ok. Fire is nasty.
It does us all good to be reminded to look what we have in place once in a while.

Unfortunately we, as a family, did have a chimney fire that set fire to the floor joists (under the floor and hidden) of the 1st floor at 3am. Acrid smoke everywhere, unable to see a thing and very difficult to breathe. We were a long way from anywhere (it was in a house in the Alps) so had to cut the floor open with axes and find the centre of the burning and put it out ourselves.

I cannot leave a room and leave a candle unattended and I always have my clothes and bag ready to grab near the bed.

[jansman]

Jansman....SOoooo glad your daughter and others got out ok. Fire is nasty.
It does us all good to be reminded to look what we have in place once in a while.

Unfortunately we, as a family, did have a chimney fire that set fire to the floor joists (under the floor and hidden) of the 1st floor at 3am. Acrid smoke everywhere, unable to see a thing and very difficult to breathe. We were a long way from anywhere (it was in a house in the Alps) so had to cut the floor open with axes and find the centre of the burning and put it out ourselves.

I cannot leave a room and leave a candle unattended and I always have my clothes and bag ready to grab near the bed.

Boy!when you cannot SEE the source of the fire THAT IS SCARY! Bigtime. I am like you where candles are concerned.

[Selkie]

I don't know what it was but fire freaked me out as a child. I don't ever remember seeing anything burn down but whether my parents did or not I had a fire plan. I practised it too.
Much the same plan works for our house spookily since we have had the extension, my husband has ladders but one of the joiners fortuitously left one one the roof, the cat uses it to get to the apex and sunbathe.
I don't think there is anything crazy in being aware of fire, I spent part of my 4 months stay at St Johns in their burns unit getting plastic surgery on my scalp. The 'steaming pool of sulphurous puss' (apologies if you were eating, that was what my husband called it.) on the side of my head that evolved into a patch of grafted skin and then was surrounded by 2 expanders that ached every time they were inflated will always make me concious of fire or anything that can burn.
I pointed out at work that their fire plan was flawed and they still haven't done anything about it saying it is 'highly unlikely' the fire will start in the room where the phone and the fire case are kept - hmmm...
On holiday I noticed that one of the fire extinguishers was missing its tag, I pointed this out. i think the general concensus at the hostel was 'fussy bitch', but they did sort out one eventually.
I do the same as Jamie, check out the fire exits and escape routes, even in buses, check where all the little hammers are to break the glass. Paranoid...
I'm moving into halls and going to have to go through the same process all over again.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Hi tom yes I agree with you on the fire extinguisher thing but do people really know how long one lasts when you pull the pin and squeeze the leavers

http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri ... o9Jt1YZ_tU

That surprised me

Jamie

Which is why I have 6 kg powder and 3 litre water at home

[Briggs 2.0]

Excellent topic to raise, Jansman.

We do have plans for exit routes with extinguishers in the bedrooms and kitchen but your post has made me realise I need to make these clear to people who stay with us. It's also reminded me to buy a Nest fire alarm next payday, I've been putting it off but there's no excuse.

Thanks

[The-Mendologist]

Ok preppers, have you got a fireplan in place for your household? Do they all know what to do and where to go in the event of a housefire? They all do in my house, and boy am I glad I drummed it into them!
Phone call this morning from Eldest Daughter. She was staying at her boyfriend's flat last night. At 2am there was screaming and shouting outside in the hallways. Banging on the door, a neighbour told them to get out. The flat below was in flames. Sarah said the smoke was choking,and literally you could not see a hand in front of your face out on the stairwell. I have always insisted, where ever we are, we always suss out an escape route. She had. Out of the bedroom window, onto a balcony,and the guy over the road was already there with a ladder! Prepared as she was, her handbag and clothing were at the side of the bed. No one hurt, but terrific damage done.

Please, please talk to your Tribe and get a fireplan!

Glad to hear your daughter got out and no one was hurt.
My fireplan is to get out onto the flat roof from the bedroom window and then down into the garden, the other half knows the plan aswell.