How many fire extinguishers do you have in your house or apartment?

I just have one KIDDE dry chemical ABC fire extinguisher. Good for most fires (electrical, flammable liquids and wood). It’s about a one gallon size. Pressure is good. I need to get it checked out soon (it’s been over 6 years). Thanks for reminding me.

I have three I believe, but I usually buy new ones each spring.

I have one. I know where it is, sorta. It’s about 5 years old.

5. There is a lone 10 pounder in the auxiliary garage, an 8 pounder at the entrance to the main garage and an 8 pounder on the rear wall. There is another 8 pounder in the kitchen that I try to keep in plain sight in the far corner on the top of the butcher block. The wife insists on placing it on the floor out of sight when she notices it, insisting that if the 2 of us know where it is, that’s sufficient. There’s a 5 pounder mounted in the cab of my stakebed truck. The wife won’t tolerate an extinguisher in the Subaru.

None and this is a good reminder to get one.

I used to have one. They do expire.

It’s also important for the consumer to know that there are different types for different uses. If you get the one that’s not suited for kitchen fires, it will put out the kitchen fire but it will also ruin your kitchen appliances. The one that is specified for kitchens won’t put a permanent, damaging residue on the appliances.

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In my old house I had one. The toaster caught on fire while I was at work. My son pulled out that fire extinguisher out and just went to town!! What a mess! He had a blast no doubt. SMH.

2 upstairs (third one next my wife’s glass blowing bench), 2 in hallway next to kitchen, three in garage (one by stairs going down into garage, one by side door and third by roll-up garage door on the side with outside opener) one in each of two autos.

10 including cars.

I just bought 2 to replace the ones I used up. The big one was from 1998 and worked perfectly. The other one was from 2012 and also worked perfectly. I figure as long as the pressure is good the extinguisher will work. But I have backups in case it doesn’t.

@KNOWITALL Every spring?! What do you do with the old ones? Hopefully you give them away to friends. There is a date code on the bottom or on the label. They are usually good for 6 or 10 or 12 years.

I live in an apartment and have a small one in the kitchen on the wall. Also, under the stove hood, there are 2 can-like things, about the diameter of a tuna can, but deeper. There’s a wick-looking thing about half an inch long in the center. I assume they’re for stove fires. One of these days I need to put on my magnifying glasses and use my phone light to see if I can see what they say. I’ve never seen anything like them before.

@LuckyGuy You’re such a safety-conscious, detail-oriented guy! And that’s a good thing, as Martha would say.

@smudges Thank you.

Those canisters are either AutoOut or FireStop underhood automatic fire extinguishers. They are a good idea.
They’re attached with a magnet so you can easily remove them for cleaning.

@LuckyGuy Ok thanks! Good to know!

@smudges That “little wick-looking thing” is the fuse to a small explosive charge deep inside the can that blows the front open and propels the fire retardant downward onto the flames. It goes off when it is touched by an actual flame.
I don’t know how well it works when the wick is gunked up with cooking grease. It might be fine.

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@LuckyGuy I wondered if it went off when a flame from the stove touched it, or if I had to pull it or light it. Very good thinking, whoever invented it. Thanks for the education!