I don't always get these thrifty tips and don't know if this has been addressed.
I went to a fire demo where flour was thrown on a fire. It burst into flame before ever contacting the fire. He said all powders do this except baking soda. So be careful when putting out a fire.
He read the statistics on how reliable these fire alarms are: 55% of the time they never go off.
This is frightening. I have been relying on this alarm to warn me of a fire and 55% of the time it will not. The smoke particles are too large to set it off.
His fire alarms were just outrageous in price. But then if they save the life of a loved one, perhaps they are not.
Does anyone remember the time before smoke detectors? I Do. There were many reports of dogs and cats saving the people .Especially Dogs! Even today once in awhile you hear stories of people being awaken by their pet and saved. Today thanks to man and his very toxic and flammable materials that make up our homes we only have seconds to react and get out. This Carbon Monoxide detector sure it is great, but so is keeping your furnaces in tip top shape and not running kerosene heaters in poorly venilated homes. Now throw in todays homes are actually too insulated we got the problem of keeping so many chemicals right with us all winter long. I don't know what the answers are. If I did I would be rich and probably in one of those overinsulated chemical filled homes with all kind of gadgets to warn me. Too late for me Never happen folks. Oh by the way how many of you know alternatives ways to get out of your homes in case of fire? Have you discussed and practice these ways with your family? They all know the meeting place outside? I hope so
i want to share a personal experience....my husband would always get mad at the fire alarm, then one day at 3 am the alarm went on, he said that alarm goes off making toast...ect...and then he yelled at me to get up....there was a fire...we try to put the small flames on the couch out...then he told me to get out...i did thinking he was following...fire dept was call they took 4 minutes to get there it was already too late... if we would have had a carbon monoxide alarm it might of saved us faster....he perish in fire and my neighbour and her dog and 2 cats and my 4 cats... my advise to all is not to rely only on fire alarm...get a carbon monoxide alarm also....4 minutes...and it was already to late
Sandy, the smoke detector isn't suppose to be used as a timer!!! lol. That's a Ron White joke from Blue Collar tv. He said his wife was a really bad cook, she kept burning the food!!
Coffee creamer is especially flammable. A coffee creamer factory around here blew up a few years ago because there was a lot of creamer dust in the air. I think one person was killed.
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