@mysteryman,
Quote:As a firefighter and an EMT, I would rather you let trained firefighters fight a fire instead of attempting it yourself.
A fire in it first seconds of life can most of the time be deal with by one small ABC fire extinguisher that would take train people to deal with if allow to burn for a few minutes more.
I had myself deal with a fire inside my wall without serous damage being done because I acted at once when some plumbing work set on fire some newspapers that some fool had used to seal the opening of pipes years before in the wall.
I put out an engine fire and save a sport car once for a gentleman because I was carrying a fire extinguisher in my van and was able to act before the whole car was involved.
Sometime speed beat training and better equipments and to tell someone that they can not try is likely to produce far more harm to property and risk to life in the long run.
In the case of my home it could had likely cost not only my home but as it was a townhouse perhaps my neighbors homes if I had obey the 911 operator and not put the fire out myself many minutes before the fire engines reach the house.
