To ask what you have at home

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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

First aid kit.
Smoke alarm.

We have a smoke alarm

When fire brigade did our safety check they advised against fire extinguishers and fire blanket unless I deep-fried things because they said they would prefer us to leave and dial 999 in the event of a fire rather than stay and try to fight it

Because of this thread I’m going to get a fire blanket.

living in a first floor flat I'm not sure a cow would be a threat to me unless someone else buzzed it into the building.
😂

@Amijustagrump

We have Carbon monoxide alarm, cameras, baseball bat (in bedroom), air rifle (secured in bedroom), first aid kit and a clear fire exit plan we both know depending on rooms in the house/where our DS is

Good for you…..So few people have a clear fire exit plan…especially families with children. This is so simple to put in place and drill kids on. I remember when our fire alarm went off (malfaunction no fire) in middle of night, my kids ( pre teens) were out of their bedrooms in an instance and on the landing freaking out, panicking and shouting- if there had been a fire downstairs they would have been inhaling smoke. We learnt from that we needed a plan in place had it been a real fire of where they needed to go to and what to do before opening their bedroom doors. We figured out which was easiest bedroom to escape from safely and how we would do that, and that was the then the family muster point at nighttime and to not leave their rooms without checking for fire/smoke first and how to block up doorway gap if needed. Also went through with them where all keys were to each door and window so they wouldn’t panic not knowing where keys were. And made sure they were kept to hand for all potential fire exit points We also made sure we did actually test the alarms as you are advised to, and that kids were around when we did this so would recognise the noise and less likely to freak out. I knew one family (admittedly in USA) who would do regular fire drills - Dad was a EHS officer at work and organised fire drills at work- he just took his work home 🙄🤣

I don't think I have most of this stuff, but now that I think about it, we should have. Do the people with the fire escape ladders have one in each bedroom?

I don't have a fire blanket and I did cause a fire in the kitchen a few years ago. Accidentally turned on the wrong hob and there was a kitchen roll just touching it. I remember looking at it and thinking 'oh... it's on fire, surely it'll burn out any second now.. I can't actually have a fire in my house' but it didn't burn out. It became engulfed in flames which were touching the bottom of my upper cupboards within seconds. I stuck a teatowel under the tap and threw it over the top which put it out. I was very shocked at how quickly the fire grew.

We have basic first aid kit, Ring doorbell, cctv covering back garden and garage (to cover dh’s treasured tools and the car he is restoring!), Smoke alarms, co2 detector and a fire blanket in the kitchen.
We also have fire extinguishers and an emergency escape ladder upstairs which I have always been told to have since my aunt and uncle had to tie sheets together to escape a house fire after their new fridge caught fire one night.

We've got 3 CCTV cameras (front, side and rear of house) which our tech-loving son fixed up. A first aid box, one smoke alarm.

A first aid box that my Ex appropriated from a building site in about 2007. A few assorted plasters, and various methods of pain relief.

We have got a fire extinguisher kicking around somewhere but by the time I'd found it the house would have burned down. I'm not even sure our smoke alarms work.

No Ring doorbell, I just look out of the window

I have cctv cameras. I had 2 but recently turned one of as it wasn’t helpful in covering an area of my property. Although I have a crazy neighbour that thinks it’s acceptable to start swearing and screaming at me and that he 7 year old is perfectly entitled to hit houses etc with stones so this is to deter this behaviour.

I also have smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, first aid kids and security lights.

Smoke alarm in kitchen went off every time I used the toaster. Had to put masking tape over the vent.
@Natfemale I’m sure you’ve got this sorted now but you can get toast proof smoke detectors for a tenner in places like B&Q, The Range, etc.

@HalfShrunkMoreToGo

We have smoke alarms and the top shelf of the kitchen cupboard has a random selection of plasters, cough medicine and other over the counter stuff.

Same. Should probably get a CO2 thingy as well.

We do have a fire blanket, but I don't even know where it is...

We have a house alarm, first aid kits, fire extinguisher in the kitchen and safety gates on the stairs for our DD.

I'm not even sure our smoke alarms work.
Test them today @Grenlei (by pressing the test button not by starting a fire).

Fire blanket, smoke alarms, CO alarms

@Cookiecrumble22

All I have is smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarm.

No 1st aid kit. That's what tissues are for.

No house alarm or video door bell . The dog does that job.

🤣🤣🤣the tissues thing reminds me of when my DS split his knee open. Dad applied first aid and was getting him to A&E . I joined them there. Nurse took one look at the kitchen paper/tissue affair husband had applied and said “oh, a Dad DIY bandage” - clearly they are well used to seeing tissues

Princetopple Our fire ladder is kept on the landing.

I have a fire alarm and a co2 alarm. That’s it.

House alarm and 2 floodlight cctv

@SmolCat

I'm not even sure our smoke alarms work. Test them today *@Grenlei* (by pressing the test button not by starting a fire).

🤣🤦‍♀️

One smoke alarm and enough Gabapentin to get really high

We're in Scotland so I have had to install the interlinked smoke/heat alarms....I think I am right to say any hard wired or google nest type ones are now deemed insufficient/illegal as in the event of a fire the electrical/wifi system could fail and the alarm system would not work

Also a CO alarm in the kitchen with the boiler, and we have one that came with us from the last house to set up for the woodburner.

Adequate stock of plasters and painkillers. a few other random meds and I always try and keep a small stash of prescription stuff too, I rotate it, it won't go out of date
We have a host of out of date first aid kits milling about, I must deal with those, it all seems so wasteful

No fire alarms or escape ladders.

@StillRunningWithScissors

CO² detectors. Not cow detectors

“Wake up darling! The Friesians are coming!”

Just a bit of advice. Relative who is fire person.
Keep your door keys close to the door (within reach) at night. Not in lock but say on a hook next to the door but out of way of people reaching through your post box.
Relative tells me quite a lot of people overcome with smoke inhalation and collapsed are found right by their doors, or close to doors because they can’t find their keys to get out or because they try to go back into another room to get keys

We have a first aid kit, some plasters and paracetamol and I think there's a fire blanket knocking about somewhere that i'm pretty sure is a requirement for our landlord to provide one