We hace a mains powered fire system with heat detector in kitchen etc.
it also has a carbon monoxide detector wired into the same system.
As for escape, both bedrooms have windows we can climb out of onto the extension roof, and we can jump off onto the lawn.
Ae thats the perfect place for a co alarm isnt it bruneep ? So once its going off telling you there is high co its too late .
Ae thats the perfect place for a co2 alarm isnt it bruneep ? So once its going off telling you there is high co2 its too late .
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CO2, carbon dioxide alarm?
or
CO, Carbon Monoxide alarm?
did you really get a degree? 😉
You misquoting me again 😉
Mines on the bottom of the book case anyway
Open the window and let this rain put it out
You misquoting me again
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Mines on the bottom of the book case anyway, still in the box
First plan anyone should have is never smoke in the house and never cook after coming in from the pub. That should eliminate most risks of setting your house on fire. Basically avoid mixing hot things and alcohol.
Over 100 years of combined service in the fire brigade in my family so fairly familiar with the ways people manage to set their houses on fire.
Bathroom window on to garage roof for us.
Bathroom window on to garage roof for us.
So what if the fire is in the bathroom?
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There's some really useful information on various Community Resilience websites, including preparing a [url= http://www.cheshireresilience.org.uk/how_to_prepare/preparing_a_grab_bag.aspx ]Grab Bag[/url]
and where do I keep this bag?
Tins of meat............ bugger that I'll be looking for a hotel.
Plan?
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As long as Mrs B's home I don't need a plan 8)
hav'nt read all the threads so may have missed the answer.with the mains alarms what happens in a power cut or the fire is an electrical fire and cuts the electric off.do they also have a battery as backup
mains powered. detection system with heat and smoke where applicable which we have on contract for testing, also extinguishers in the kitchen, garage and main bedroom. our route out is through our bedroom onto the extension roof which is an easy jump/ catch. boiler is in the garage sealed against the house with it's own detection. having had fires at work a couple of times it kind of makes you realize how quick things can go tits up. oh and yes its in pyro cable with batt backup.
Tell the wife the house is on fire again and leave as normal.
On the bright side, the garage is detached so I won't lose the bikes.
Don't forget your credit cards and kids
We do have fire extinguishers on the landing and also
keep all important files in two fire proof briefcases
Hands up it was our friendly forum firefighter who both gave me the attic alarms and told me to stick them there
Got free ones from the fire service while missus was pregnant. FireAngel ones (combined detector).
Mounted (by them) with a mounting plate screwed to the ceiling.
Just replaced one (v easy) after the "ten year" battery gave up after four years. 😕
Packaging claims they are used by something like 95% of fire services.
You want to be fitting mains linked alarms as a minimum these days.
Is mains considered safer? I take it they must have a battery backup or something (in case an electrical fire trips the mains before they detect it)
Its. Not the mains that makes em safer its the linked part. But yes they do have battery back up.
Fire downstairs - all your alarms go off... Upstairs downstairs and anywhere else you have a linked alarm.
Unless you fitted it in your house your self/specified pyro ill be surprised if its wired in on pyro cable - unless you live in a nuclear reactor or oil rig.
Fairly sure building regs calls for normal 4 core cable to wire em together - but its been a while since i needed to know that.
battery ones we fit now can connect by wifi [url= http://www.fireangel.co.uk/Wi-Safe.aspx ]http://www.fireangel.co.uk/Wi-Safe.aspx[/url]
Don't you people have sprinklers fitted then ?
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Multiple exit points in our house. One upstairs onto the utility room roof or from our bedroom onto the conservatory.Otherwise I reckon I could jump from a front window. Not sure if the wife could. Still, she's had a good innings.
Do the decent thing and knock her out first, don't want her to suffer needlessly 🙂
Kids out.
Cats out.
Bikes out.
See if wife is awake...
i had the alarm in the loft going off in the middle of the night a few weeks back.
woke up and had a huge and immediate rush of adrenaline and ran around naked from the waist down, check list instinctively went; dogs, bikes lodger (who had heard it before me but was 'waiting to see if he really needed to get out of bed'). false alarm thank god
a mate had a fire next door a few days ago and when he asked the fireman how it started, he was told "it started small then got bigger" which made me chuckle
Kids out
Wife and me out .
The dog will follow me everywhere.
Smoke alarms fitted.
No extinguishers I'm not fighting a fire.
No window ladders it's not that high that I can't drop without hurting myself and kids can be lowered down.
Ring for the plastic heeds.
Fire downstairs - all your alarms go off... Upstairs downstairs and anywhere else you have a linked alarm.
Ah right. Don't think my house is quite big enough to worry too much about that. 😕
Like the idea of linking them to wifi. I can see them combining units in the future: e.g. Combined smoke, CO2, burglar alarm, wifi repeater, AirPlay speaker? Maybe not 😀
No extinguishers I'm not fighting a fire.
I have a small powder extinguisher in the kitchen just to allow the option of dealing with anything silly from the cooker before it becomes more serious.
I have a small powder extinguisher in the kitchen just to allow the option of dealing with anything silly from the cooker before it becomes more serious.
I've only set fire to tea towels so far in the kitchen and just lobbed them in the sink.
well if itsa anything like the time the junkies on the ground floor torched their place while i was showering...
1) hear flatmate banging on door screaming there is a fire we need to leave.
2) get out of shower
3) proclaim loudly there was heehaw chance i was going outside in nowt but a towel
4) Grab a pair of trackie bottoms get very very tangled in them (have your tried putting trackies on with soaking legs)
5) Open close door tell the flatmate he is an idiot for even considering the black smoke engulfed stairwell with 2 floors between us and escape.
6) go to the living room and drink cups of tea while firemen are smashing windows and carrying babies to safety.
7) hear the guys knock on the door
8) dive to the door so they don't actually kick it down.
9) phone parents and tell them whats going on
10) drink more tea.
11) ask the firemen if we can come down because the gas is off and I quite fancy a chippy.
12) decide its probably a good idea to get some contents cover
Back to the OP - the dog wouldn't even get a look in - get the kids, get out. End of.
