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To ask what you have at home

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tootoasty · 30/03/2022 07:21

Was talking with a colleagues yesterday about safety devises at home and they made out that I was kind of over the top with things I have.
They got the house alarm and ring cameras for security outside and things like first aid kits and co2 thingy but started laughing when I told them I had fire extinguishers upstairs and downstairs, with fire blankets in kitchen.
Just wondered what people have in their homes. I'd assumed everyone would have everything they could Hmm

OP posts:
Squirrelblanket · 30/03/2022 07:22

From the things you've listed we have a first aid kit only.

Scarby9 · 30/03/2022 07:23

None of those.
I have plasters, paracetamol and cough mixture.

NeedAHoliday2021 · 30/03/2022 07:23

We have fire alarms and a looking hole in the door…

Scarby9 · 30/03/2022 07:24

Oh, and a smoke alarm.

NeedAHoliday2021 · 30/03/2022 07:24

Oh and first aid stuff.

GeneLovesJezebel · 30/03/2022 07:24

Some plasters and Germoline in the bathroom cupboard, and a cheap CCTV camera on the front of the house.

KatherineofGaunt · 30/03/2022 07:25

First aid kit downstairs and emergency car kit (first aid/breakdown), fire extinguisher in the kitchen and one in the car, fire ladder in the front bedroom and seat belt cutters/window breaking tools in the car.

Sparklingbrook · 30/03/2022 07:25

Fire and carbon monoxide alarms, a first aid kit with thermometer, plasters, the usual stuff.
I don't feel the need for anything more.

StrawberryStarfish · 30/03/2022 07:25

Smoke alarm
Carbon dioxide alarm
Dobermann for security

Original poster
tootoasty · 30/03/2022 07:25

Maybe I took that fire
Officer course I did a bit too much to heart Confused

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Ragwort · 30/03/2022 07:26

None of those bar a few first aid pits and pieces. Did have a burglar alarm in the house when we moved in but we disconnected it.

custardbear · 30/03/2022 07:26

CCTV, house alarm, Ring doorbell, medication (don't bother with first aid kits as they go out of date), fire alarms, upstairs we have fire escape windows in every room, fire blanket. I can't think of anything else

StillRunningWithScissors · 30/03/2022 07:27

First aid kit, fire alarms, cow detectors, fire extinguisher (in kitchen), baseball bat ;-)

Had been thinking about a fire blanket for kitchen as well.

ThatsGoingToHurt · 30/03/2022 07:27

Ive got a first aid box in the cupboard, smoke alarms, heat alarm, co2 monitor and a ring doorbell for security. I did have my house reworked when I first moved it so i know the electrics are safe. Window locks so the kids don’t open the windows and fall out.

custardbear · 30/03/2022 07:27

Oh fire, heat and CO alarms of course

StillRunningWithScissors · 30/03/2022 07:28

CO² detectors. Not cow detectors

aibutohavethisusername · 30/03/2022 07:28

First aid box
Fire/smoke detectors

KatherineofGaunt · 30/03/2022 07:28

Oh and the usual CO2 monitors inthe kitchen and two smoke alarms.

puddleduck234 · 30/03/2022 07:29

I have a fire extinguisher and blanket. Also make sure I have a clear exit before I go to bed and door keys to hand 😂 think that's anxiety though (must have died in a house fire in a previous life)

KatherineofGaunt · 30/03/2022 07:29

@StillRunningWithScissors

CO² detectors. Not cow detectors
😂
puddleduck234 · 30/03/2022 07:30

@puddleduck234

I have a fire extinguisher and blanket. Also make sure I have a clear exit before I go to bed and door keys to hand 😂 think that's anxiety though (must have died in a house fire in a previous life)
Well I have all the above apart from the ring alarm any way 😂
Waxonwaxoff0 · 30/03/2022 07:31

Nothing. Just a fire alarm and burglar alarm. Wouldn't cross my mind to have a fire extinguisher in my home, I don't know anyone that does that.

EileenGC · 30/03/2022 07:31

Smoke alarms and medication cabinet. I don't bother with a first aid kit, but I like to have antibiotics in hand for all my recurrent chest infections, which floor me overnight and I often can't even make it to the lift, let alone the doctor's practice. Those are my safety essentials.

FrankGrillosFloof · 30/03/2022 07:32

I spent longer than I should have wondering if cow detectors were a thing.

TheChosenTwo · 30/03/2022 07:33

House alarm (which we only ever activate when we go on holiday!), cctv and smoke alarms.