A house or an apartment is not complete without a fire extinguisher and here is why – a fire doesn’t decide where or when it will happen. A fire does not care that you don’t have homeowners insurance and will not be sympathetic if you just moved in or have been there for years. It doesn’t make any sense not to have an extinguisher handy, hanging in the kitchen or placed under the sink. It’s also important to have a fire alarm hanging in the home, one near the kitchen, one in all of the hallways, one or two in the basement, and one in the attic. If that seems a little extreme ask the people who have had fires start in those rooms, it wasn’t until the smoke hit the main fire alarms did they know they had to get out of their homes. Meet with your local fire fighters to get additional advice about fire safety, some even supply free small afff fire extinguishers and fire alarms.
