Posted on 04/10/2012 8:08:12 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper
Sometime last night, my slightly dotty, older neighbor put a pan on the stove and went to check her email. The obvious resulted, with a standard issue kitchen grease fire.
She panicked, couldn't contain it, and called me yelling: "Bring a fire extinguisher! Hurry!".
So I hustled over to her house with my trusty kitchen extinguisher with the cobwebs on it.
Of course, I did fail to put on pants.
The upshot of the night was:
A)Don't put a pan on the stove and walk off. Ever.
B)Have a fire extinguisher, and know where it is.
C) Don't wait to call 911. Those fire guys are GOOD!
D) Wear pants to a grease fire.
She couldn't sleep in the house because of the extinguisher powder in the air and all over everything. So out came my preparedness cot and sleeping bag, and I slept in my kitchen so she could have the bedroom. The breakers in her kitchen tripped with the burned wiring, so a work around had to be found to keep her refrigerator from going bad. I had that stuff. I'm glad I did. Not a world-wide disaster, but enough to prove the value of being prepared.
She'll be fine, a few thousand in damage, and a bad scare.
/johnny
/johnny
You have always been a hero. Good for you and EXCELLENT advice.
There’s a good feeling after being able to make the best of a tough situation.
Grats!
BTTT
I once read that the worst possible place to put a home fire extinguisher was right next to the stove.
Kudos, good job.
Your item D) is similar to the more common admonition “Never fry bacon in the nude.”
Laz does this all the time, or so I am told.
Put some pants on ya prevert!
Because if there is a fire, I'm leaving. If it's not too bad, and I've managed to cover it, I might, maybe use the fire extinguisher before leaving.
But I'm leaving. With or without pants.
/johnny
Good job!!!
I’m sure a lot of late night fires are put out without pants.
Reminder to self: dust off and check fire extinguishers.
I fry bacon in the nude whenever I want to keep the grease from splattering on my shoes.
The fire guys did get a giggle out of how much kruft had formed on mine over the years, and did ask how old it was. ;)
One important thing about using one... Throw all exposed foods away. That even means stuff in bottles and cans that are contaminated with the dust on the outside. It's a food safety thing.
/johnny
I always keep a fire extinguisher by the stove.
I guess it’s time to dust it off and move it to a new location by a door. Problem is, there are four exit doors in my kitchen. Now I must buy three more FE.
Thanks for the thread (and your neighbor!)
Put some pants on! it’s cold out there!
Nonetheless, YOU are prepared, and I applaud you.
There are some neighbors that I would have just opened up beer and hot-dogs and watched the show. They are on their own.
/johnny
Preppers’ PING!
Prepping isn’t always about fighting off a hoard of zombies!
Understood.
And shake your ABC fire extinguishers every once in awhile. I do mine every three months. It doesn’t need to be vigorous, just rock it over to fully inverted and back until you feel the powder shifting smoothly inside, about 15 times. They will solidify over time if you don’t.
When I was in the service, I always said when got out I would never stand in another line. My main reason for prepping is to not have to stand in a soup line:)
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