After the terrorist attack in Boulder and the selection of weapon used, the question being asked among those of us in the Defensive Lifestyle has been, do you carry a fire extinguisher?
Make sure you take your powder type extinguishers out of their holders once a year and shake them until you can feel the powder shifting around in them. If necessary, get a rubber mallet and whack them a few times (away from the neck, of course,) to get that powder to break up and shift around when you shake it.
Do the same for vehicle carried extinguishers. If you can't feel the powder shifting, try the mallet trick. If nothing works, get a new one.
"Now that the particular cat of using fire devices as anti personnel weapons is officially out of the bag"
Upon first reading, I thought you were going to examine the utility of cats as field expedient fire extinguishers. The mind works in funny ways, for given values of funny.
I need to think more seriously about adding fire extinguishers to my vehicles.
Problem is, one large enough to be effective against a flammable liquid attack will be a bit on the big side for an EDC.
EDC Nearby.... AKA within reach.
I ain't dragging an extinguisher unless they make a really effective one the size of a OC can
as tom said, pretty soon we will be dragging a wheel barrow around with all our “edc” crap in it heh..
having fire fighting stuff in the vehicle is a good idea..
I have fire extinguishers in my house. Not planning on adding to my EDC gear. Just going to stick with my Fire Bug Extinguishers.
Make sure you take your powder type extinguishers out of their holders once a year and shake them until you can feel the powder shifting around in them. If necessary, get a rubber mallet and whack them a few times (away from the neck, of course,) to get that powder to break up and shift around when you shake it.
Do the same for vehicle carried extinguishers. If you can't feel the powder shifting, try the mallet trick. If nothing works, get a new one.
And, obviously, check the pressure gauge.
"Now that the particular cat of using fire devices as anti personnel weapons is officially out of the bag"
Upon first reading, I thought you were going to examine the utility of cats as field expedient fire extinguishers. The mind works in funny ways, for given values of funny.