What if it's a relatively small fire douchebag?

You supposed to just run away and let it spread throughout the whole house?

people talk so much crap on here lol

Okay, i'm a firefighter and i'll be buying one of these for my car as it's a great price, so make of that what you want. It'll smother the oxygen supply in a SMALL car fire (most likely an engine bay fire). It MAY not put it out depending on the size of the fire, but it's better than nothing. FYI, a fire appliance would turn up and use onboard foam, but on a fire the size that this is designed to deal with powder would work about as well as foam extinguisher.

And in response to all the slagging off on both sides by people who AREN'T professionals like myself, if you have the correct equipment, KNOW IT'S USES CORRECTLY AND HOW TO USE IT, and feel confident enough to deal with SMALL fires, then it's your decision. If for a second you DON'T know what you're doing or just as importantly WHAT your doing, then call 999 and get out. Houses can be rebuilt, you can't!

Also, personally I wouldn't bother with fire blankets, they're not as great as everyone thinks. For a chip pan fire a DAMP towel is better, NEVER use a WET towel, it'll take your face off!!! And make sure you know or you've been taught how to wrap it correctly round your hands if you are happy to do it, otherwise you'll burn them, i'll almost guarantee that!! Again, 999 is there for a reason.

Don't try being a hero if you don't know what you're doing!

CFC_Mark: in my career i've seen plenty of people who've been disfigured and/or lost a lot more than property because of gungho attitudes from people who think they know better, so don't start suggesting that anyone who doesn't feel happy about tackling a fire or more importantly gives advice erring on the side of caution and the preservation of life over property is a douchebag! You obviously have no idea of what you speak of! Define 'relatively small fire'?! What is small to you is big to someone else, and bearing in mind what I do for a living means that what you consider big would probably be small to me!

Yes you could put the fire out yourself. Providing you raise the alarm, ensure people are evacuating. call 999 don't compromise your safety, keep your exit safe. Make sure you know the limits of the fire extinguisher and your own competent levels.
If you weren't supposed to put small fires out yourself why are there fire extinguishers in the first place?

a small elec fire is all i meant. i'd be tackling it while the misses is on the blower to fire and rescue to confirm my attempt was adequate before disconnecting the offending item (if possible) and carrying on to a garage.

my premiums are high enough :disappointed:

It's just a halfway house. won't tackle anything major but would do the job on quite a few car fires i've been called out to. A lot of them aren't blazing infernos if you hit them quick enough. If it's sustained though, I agree.

If you know what you're doing, it can't hurt for £7 though, either in a car or a kitchen.

What's wrong with buying an extinguisher, every little helps and all that. This is perfect for that electrical fire as you're driving down the motorway, like someone has already mentioned. I'd much rather have the inconvenience of cleaning up some powder and replacing the faulty part than lose my car and have my premium go up the following year.

If this baby only saves you 10 seconds in a house fire then it's worth a punt at £7.

A sofa on fire is big. A bin fire is small. Any fire touching something above is big . This small one would put out a piece of toast on fire that's it.

Only recommended for a lidl fire.. :smiley:

You can't discuss it with me because you're questioning the reasons behind why someone calls the fire service out, and that's just plain wrong.

There's nothing to read between the lines. You wrote 'What if you call out the fire brigade when it's a small fire which could have been tackled yourself, and this means they are later getting to a real emergency and someone's life is lost?'.

You tell me what that's supposed to mean then if you weren't questioning that by calling us out for what YOU consider to be a minor incident, the caller is potentially gonna kill someone else?? Tell me what your job is and i'll give you some accordingly innappropriate advice.

I can't really discuss it with you when you insist on reading between lines that aren't in my post.

No, it's not out of context because any member of the Fire Service will tell you to ALWAYS leave firefighting to the professionals, regardless of how big or small because what's small for one person is big to another! We can't DEMAND that people do it though, which is why these sort of products are sold, for those who are comfortable with the situation. Don't jump in if you don't know the practices of the people who do the job. The first poster was correct; all you're doing is putting a moral dilemma into the minds of those who will then feel guilty about calling us out! If you DO feel comfortable about tackling it, then that's your call, nobody else's, but the second you don't, then that's what we're here for and we would always advise to call us out, for your protection.

If someone feels uneasy about fighting a fire, NOBODY should be guilting them into calling us out, that's a terrible message to send out!!!

"What if you call out the fire brigade when it's a small fire"

Again, tell me what a 'small fire' is and i'll find you someone who's uncomfortable with dealing with it. What you wrote is a lot less constructive than anything i've written. The OP & I err on the side of caution, you've questioned someone into feeling guilty about calling their local Fire Service out.

I'd not comment or give 'advice' on how to do a dangerous act/job you obviously don't know much about... if I were you.

I'd get it in context if I were you. I was responding to the "You should **always** leave fire fighting to the profesionals"

You seem to believe that I wrote "you should ALWAYS tackle fires yourselves". Please don't put words in my mouth, it's not constructive.

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+1 to not bothering with this, my fire marshall course at work (run by the local fire brigade) taught me that the best course of action is to leave, closing all doors behind you, and to call 999. I've seen powder in action, and its messy - may as well give up the one room to smoke or fire damage rather than several rooms to powder. As said previously, the presence of a fire extinguisher can provide a false sense of security empowering people to think they can fight a fire. The best thing is lots of smoke alarms so you have an early warning and can get out.

We don't mind, and it's very, very wrong of you to put that moral pressure on someone if they're not happy with dealing with it!! Would you say the same to a 90 year old arthritic in a wheelchair?!

Have a word with yourself.

people talk so much crap on here lol

Ok someone must see the irony of this deal going hot lol :smiley:

What if you call out the fire brigade when it's a small fire which could have been tackled yourself, and this means they are later getting to a real emergency and someone's life is lost?

What about electrical fires? is it good for those

Picked one of these up for the kitchen, might get another for my car, good stuff

this is in my local lidl already.

Get urself a Wet Chem, ABF foam or one of the new Dry Mist Water extinguishers if you're worried about chip pan fires and don't want to get close enough to chuck a blanket/damp towel over it. Powder is a messy way of dealing with fire but it is the most versatile. In my house i have a couple of 3ltr foams to tackle anything i need to tackle and an ABF foam in the kitchen just in case.

When it comes to safety cheap doesn't always equal good! But heat added for the price.

Who cares if my car burns to death, thats what insurance is for.

Chip pan fire -idealy have a fire blanket in the kitchen or wet a towel or t-towel and hiding behind it with your arms and place over burning pan DO NOT MOVE PAN, This fire ext is a first line of defence when a fire breaks out and you would only attack a fire if there was no danger to you or any others, this is good for keeping in your car or caravan or even if you go camping as it could stop a fire if you acted quickly and could even save a life for £8

No, the answer is, yes if you know what you're doing, not just if it's possible. You can do a LOT worse by trying to fight a fire with bad knowledge.

Never use this on a chemical fire (including chip-pan), unless you literally have no other choice, and the fire services aren't on their way. Even then I'd take a wet rag.

I've seen people squirt these into the engine block after a crash (pointless); and that's all. Not sure what the real value of these kind of extinguishers are beyond as someone said waste paper bin-type fires.

I guess if a human literally gets covered in petrol and set alight it might be useful, but a blanket would be better.

Okay, i'm a firefighter and i'll be buying one of these for my car as it's a great price, so make of that what you want. It'll smother the oxygen supply in a SMALL car fire (most likely an engine bay fire). It MAY not put it out depending on the size of the fire, but it's better than nothing. FYI, a fire appliance would turn up and use onboard foam, but on a fire the size that this is designed to deal with powder would work about as well as foam extinguisher.

And in response to all the slagging off on both sides by people who AREN'T professionals like myself, if you have the correct equipment, KNOW IT'S USES CORRECTLY AND HOW TO USE IT, and feel confident enough to deal with SMALL fires, then it's your decision. If for a second you DON'T know what you're doing or just as importantly WHAT your doing, then call 999 and get out. Houses can be rebuilt, you can't!

Also, personally I wouldn't bother with fire blankets, they're not as great as everyone thinks. For a chip pan fire a DAMP towel is better, NEVER use a WET towel, it'll take your face off!!! And make sure you know or you've been taught how to wrap it correctly round your hands if you are happy to do it, otherwise you'll burn them, i'll almost guarantee that!! Again, 999 is there for a reason.

Don't try being a hero if you don't know what you're doing!

CFC_Mark: in my career i've seen plenty of people who've been disfigured and/or lost a lot more than property because of gungho attitudes from people who think they know better, so don't start suggesting that anyone who doesn't feel happy about tackling a fire or more importantly gives advice erring on the side of caution and the preservation of life over property is a douchebag! You obviously have no idea of what you speak of! Define 'relatively small fire'?! What is small to you is big to someone else, and bearing in mind what I do for a living means that what you consider big would probably be small to me!

Required to carry one if your driving in the EU so good buy.

You seem to be a little confused... make your mind up, should you try to put the fire out or not?
(clue: the answer is yes, if at all possible).

Everyone should really carry one one in their carboot.Might just be enough to stop a engine fire long enough to get someone clear of danger or save your pride and joy maybe. Only costs the same as 5 litres of petrol :disappointed:

What kind of fires will this put out?

It's too small!

Must have for some european countries by car? I was looking for one for parents and cheapest I came up with was £11 on flea bay so good deal from me

Never pour water over a chip pan fire, it'll take your face off

Is this ok for a chip pan fire

Good for hitting the burglars with

Have some heat on that fire :-)

great price

Fire blanket, wet teatowel, etc. If it's too big to tackle with those, it's too big to be faffing about with an extinguisher when you should be getting out. Not to mention most people won't have a bloody clue how to use one and will fail at putting the fire out, spreading it further or reducing your time to escape.

False sense of security, IMO.

COLD - You should always leave fire fighting to the profesionals.

Should I put the fire out myself?
Think safety first. Do NOT attempt to tackle a fire if you cannot do so safely. Otherwise get out and call for help closing the doors as you leave to help stop it spreading. But remember, if you decide to tackle it yourself instead of dialling 999 and cannot control it, valuable time has been lost.

i'll buy a couple today!