Are carry permit holders more likely to have fire home extinguishers than the average

[Rygh]

I recently saw a TV show in which Massad Ayoob suggested when asked "Why carry?" You should answer for the same reason you have a fire extinguisher in every major area of your house. You don't buy them hoping to have a fire so you can use it, but for safety.

That got me wondering, they say about 5% of the population carries where permitted. But I'd be amazed if even 2% of homes have a useful size extinguisher in every major area of the home. So are safety minded carry holders more likely to have fire extinguishers?

 

[Stengun]

Howdy,

I have a CCW permit and a fire extinguisher.

Paul

 

[Rhino]

I'd be willing to bet the answer would be yes. The be prepared mentality doesn't just stop with one methodology. I bet the number of Boy Scouts is higher too.

Interesting that Ayoob said that. I've been saying it for years.

 

[sdprof]

I have more fire extinguishers than guns.


Gotta do something about that.


As to 5% of population carries, that's way high. Less than 5% have permits, much less carry.

 

[95and05]

I have more fire extinguishers than guns.


Gotta do something about that.


As to 5% of population carries, that's way high. Less than 5% have permits, much less carry.

Don't throw out the fire extinguishers!!!! Lol

I have to replace mine now... wife used 3 extinguishers on a brake fire. But yes I keep plenty around.

Not sure if it counts as I spent 5 years as a fire chief and have been on my department for 19 years.

 

[BigSlick]

Don't throw out the fire extinguishers!!!! Lol

I have to replace mine now... wife used 3 extinguishers on a brake fire. But yes I keep plenty around.

Not sure if it counts as I spent 5 years as a fire chief and have been on my department for 19 years.

Ok, the mind is racing now. What is a brake fire?

 

[Rocketgeezer]

Have several of the 5lb dry around the house and basement garage, still have more guns and wife and I permited, daughter and grandaughter not yet

 

[kelcarry]

There is no doubt in my mind that the mindset of people who are prepared to defend themselves with CCWPs and firearms are also prepared for other emergency situations. Fire extinguishers, first aid/CPR, evacuation procedures from fire and weather events--it is a proactive sense of responsibility to themselves and their families that extends to other facets of life experience. There are those, however, who I would call your Dirty Harrys, who have low esteem and obtain same just by owning and carrying a firearm and, IMO, are exceptions to this generalization of self-responsibility and being prepared.

 

[Icemanii]

Also agree the mind set is to be prepared. Fire-X throughout the house. Attached garage has two as well. Detached garage where we do the majority of work/fabrication, etc has five (5). One in each corner of the garage, and one right by the main work bench. Same as mag-lights. Have one in each garage, one each bedroom and one in the kitchen as well as 1st aid kits in each garage and a well stocked main one in the house.
Each vehicle we drive has 1st aid kit, fire-X, tool kit, flashlight and jumper cables (including my Harley). And yes, both my son and I were Boy Scouts and daughter a Girl Scout.

 

[Rhino]

Ok, the mind is racing now. What is a brake fire?

Brakes can catch fire if used too hard for too long. It's far more common with aircraft and trucks than with cars, and it's more prevalent with certain brake materials, but it can happen. Really difficult to extinguish too

 

[dogshawred]

I am an off roader and have had fire extinguishers in my vehicles for decades and have had to use them helping other people. Yes, I was a Boy Scout and believe in being prepared.
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That being said, carrying a gun is like any preparedness step you take to keep you and/or your valuables protected, i.e. car insurance, homeowners insurance, cell phone insurance, mine subsidence insurance, flood insurance, health insurance, etc, etc. You don't buy/obtain any because you actually plan on using them but you are hedging your bet against the possible future need given your interaction with society in general.
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IMO, gun owners generally being more safety minded than others will have fire extinguishers available in general.

 

[Rhino]

I am an off roader and have had fire extinguishers in my vehicles for decades and have had to use them helping other people.

Forgive me but I'm going to go off topic a moment because this reminded me of something that happened to me when I was young (100 years or so ago). I was a young Air Force airman and a volunteer fireman on a local department in South Carolina, and I carried a Halon extinguisher in my car. One day I came upon an old Ford Mustang on the side of the road with the hood up and flames coming from the engine compartment. There was a guy about my age with no shirt, covered in dirt and sweat, bloody hands, trying to scoop up dirt from the shoulder to put the fire out. I learned later this was a 67 he had spent several years and many dollars restoring with the help of his dad, who had recently died. This was the very first day the car was out on the road after being restored. All it lacked was the new paint job. His shirt was gone because it had burned up when he had tried to use it first to douse the flames. His hands were bloody because he had expended all the loose dirt from the side of the road and now he was scraping his hands raw trying to scrape up more. I gave one squirt from my extinguisher and the fire was out. Only time in my life a guy has ever kissed me on the lips. He probably would have killed for me if I'd asked him to. I saw the new paint job a couple of months later. It was beautiful. He put flames in it.

 

[BC1]

Yup, wife and I have CCW permits, 2 extinguishers in the kitchen, one in laundry room and one in each room with a fireplace (3). Also have active heat, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors thru ADT.

 

[Tom87GN]

Yep, I'm screwed when it comes to this kind of stuff.

I ride a motorcycle which causes me to be ultra-aware of every little thing around me, have fire extinguishers and have a carry permit.

You can never be too prepared for any event that may alter the rest of your life.

 

[Derby]

(snip) this reminded me of something that happened to me when I was young (100 years or so ago). I was a young Air Force airman (snip)

Did you fly with the Wright Bothers?

 

[Rhino]

Did you fly with the Wright Bothers?

Lindbergh. :smile:

 

[Rhino]

I'm not really all that old. It just seems like it sometimes. And several accidents and medical conditions have left me with permanent symptoms that don't help matters much.

 

[Jhurtig]

I have several in the house and one in the garage. I also have given them to my siblings for Christmas gifts. Not a real exciting gift to receive, but everyone should have them. If you have kids in college that live in apartments, definitely make sure they have one. I live in a college town and there are always reports of someone coming home after drinking and falling asleep with food cooking on the stove, candle fires, etc.

 

[cds0699]

I live in a 2 bedroom townhouse and we have 2 extinguishers, one upstairs and one downstairs.

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[Safebustr]

Yep, have a 1 1/2 gallon foam unit on each floor and a 1/2 gallon unit in the car. Also the upstairs bedrooms have escape ladders in each one. The wife and I were saved once by our carbon monoxide alarms. Now I have at least two of them in each area with any flame type device.