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List ONE thing you have and hope you'll never need to use

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listsandbudgets · 15/06/2023 10:19

Fire blanket

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thewillowbunnies · 16/06/2023 14:11

Expensive fire escape ladder for us and kids to get out - and also a basket that lowers down to put the cats safely to the fire brigade too.

SinnerBoy · 16/06/2023 14:30

The fire extinguisher.

BiddyPop · 16/06/2023 15:33

I've also recently acquired the fire escape ladder for teen dd in the attic bedroom...

Being a Scout Leader and also daughter of an engineer in charge of an oil refinery, safety and preparedness is out general mindset here. So I have the kitchen fire extinguisher and fire blanket (hopefully most likely use is when I've been having fun in the garden with the log burner - see Scout Leader tendencies...). The toolkit and can of foam kept in the car boot (actually, knowing where there's a can of WD40 to easily grab, and a pair of work gloves, have both been unexpectedly useful quite a few times!). My gas camping stove has been useful when a power cut happened and I could give a flask of hot water to elderly neighbour. Well stocked medical kit and first aid training is mostly used for splinters and lots of Cubs cutting fingers with Swiss Army knives...

But actually, like a few others, the life insurance and death in service benefits - stuff can be replaced, people can't.

MeeThree · 16/06/2023 15:36

I've got one of those things like a little hammer on one end and a little clip thing on the other which we leave in the car

It smashes a car window and slices the seatbelt in case you are trapped and conscious and can't get out

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