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What does the idiom a word to the wise mean? it means, someone is about to give someone advice or a warning.
If you walk into your kitchen and see a grease fire like this, do you know what to do? Stop here and think, what would you do?
I thought I knew. I was wrong! Our Local news channel, took us to visit the practice of our local firefighters demonstrating the proper way to put out a grease fire...
If you pour water on this, it will burn your house down faster!
If you spray it with a fire extinguisher it will burn your house down faster. MY ANSWER was fire extinguisher. wrong.
THE ANSWER is .....................SMOTHER IT!
IF A GREASE FIRE STARTS:
Cover the flames with a metal lid or cookie sheet. ...
Turn off the heat source.
If it's small and manageable, pour baking soda or salt on it to smother the fire.
As a last resort, spray the fire with a class B dry chemical fire extinguisher.
Do not try to extinguish the fire with water.
If its in the oven, DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR! turn off the stove. The oven and the top burners. Be ready with extinguisher if it comes out the top. Turn off the power breaker if you can't unplug the stove.
Turn off the oven and keep the door closed. With no more power or oxygen, the fire should die out. Wait until it does, then open the windows and the over door to let the smoke out slowly.
REMEMBER, WHEN COOKING, STAY IN THE KITCHEN AND STAY ALERT!
TO BE CONTINUED............LINK TO FIREFIGHTERS LISTS
22 comments:
GREAT info! I knew not to use water on a grease fire, but that is all. So many things to remember for a senior...
This is great info! Thanks so much!
yes... stay in kitchen, in any case ... like captain smith of the titanic... to run away is no option and it makes everything much more worse ;O)
Every kitchen should have a fire blanket (in a place that doesn't involve dodging past the stove to get at it).
I've seen ads recently for a blanket used to smother fires like this. I did know that you don't pour water on it.
I think the first (very important) step should be, Don't panic.
Thank you Fire Warden Sandra for this sage advice. I shall try to remember it. So far I have never had to extinguish a kitchen fire - but you never know!
I think I knew, but who knows whether I'll remember in a crisis...
Hari OM
Yup - fire blankets for every kitchen should be regulated. I have one... but as you say, the best way to prevent fire is not to leave the kitchen while cooking! YAM xx
Hello Sandra :=) What good advise. I didn't know of the existence of a fire blanket, but I knew to smother a kitchen fire with a lid, but I'll be on the look out for fire blankets from now on. Thanks for this valuable information.
Believe it or not I knew what to do about a grease fire...and think I woukdchave had the sense about a fire in the oven.
Amen Sandra. When I'm making toast (we like it crunch) I even set the timer on my stove so I don't forget the toast in there.
Very life saving advice
Hugs Cecilia
PS Bryan does not like board games either. He did play board games with Marlu when she was little. A few I remember are Candy Land, Uno,
Such good advice, thank you. I learned a lot of this in my CERT training. One of the leaders was a retired fire chief and we learned so much from him. We got to practice putting out fires and learned about fire safety.
I appreciate that you brought this up because we learn and then we don't think about it again and we may forget. So I always welcome a refresher course.
Thank you!!! I tried to smother the fire on the stove so I guess my instincts were right.
Perfectly timed PSA, right before the holidays!
Actually, I knew this first part b/c of all the safety training we had to take at the resort where I worked.
I never heard that about an oven fire, but it makes sense.
Can't wait to read Part II!
What a great PSA...Kitchen fires are so frequent, and not many know how to handle them
Excellent advice. Thank you for sharing it.
I never heard of a fire blanket before..that would be good to have and I did know about not using water.smothering it with a lid good advice.
Sue
Mom did know about covering it with a lid of cookie sheet. But she has beenseeing ads on Instagram for fire blankets that look really easy to use and come recommended by firefighters.She is going to order one for our house.
Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber
I've read abut that and was surprised they say don't use a fire extinguisher. Our apartment has a big one in the kitchen and they check it once a year.
Not much chance of a grease fire here. I don't fry things, only use my microwave and Instant Pot.
"About" not "abut".
Hey, I did know that but I don't want a grease fire!
You posted an excellent post for all. Smother is correct.Chemical fire extinguishers are cancer causing when released. Many fire fighters now get cancer. Sad gazzard.
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