Fire extinguishers for Gabriola
Gabriola’s fire risk is listed as extreme at the moment, which is enough of a concern. But then to hear that some stupid twirp of an arsonist set a newspaper box on fire…. well. What if you come across some just-started fire on your way home? (Find cell phone, hope it’s charged, call fire department, wait in horror for minutes until they come, watch fire start to spread in the meantime….)
Thinking about this the other day, I concluded that it would be an awfully good idea to keep a fire extinguisher in the car. But what fire extinguisher to buy, and where? I saw Rick, Gabriola’s fire chief, and asked him.
Get this: The Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department sells fire extinguishers. Get a five-pound fire extinguisher from them for 55.00. No taxes. Stop by the fire hall on North Road.
So that’s what I did, and this is my new fire extinguisher. Apparently it’s good for a fire extinguisher to be kept on its side and be gently sloshed around a bit as one drives, so that’s good. Fire extinguisher now lives next to hiking stuff and emergency chocolate supply in the back of the car.
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cheryl on 22 Aug 2010 at 8:13 pm #
Bravo Gabriolan, I’m going to get one too!
Andrea on 23 Aug 2010 at 4:42 am #
An excellent idea. That looks like a good fire extinguisher too, the rechargeable kind with a gauge so you can see if it’s still up to specs, and if it’s lost weight you can get it topped up so it actually works when you need it.
I drove past a volunteer fire department in another municipality the other day, and the sign out front said “Since 1946, and we’re still making house calls”.