By far, bar none, the single most important prep that anybody can have in their home or auto is also one that’s generally forgotten about and ignored.
What is it? The boring old fire extinguisher.
Do you have one? Is it fresh? You know that they don’t stay good forever, right? Do you know where it/they are? Can you get to them in the case of emergency?
Let me tell you a story about a woman I know who lost her house a couple of months ago to a grease fire. She got a big grease fire on her stove. Her first reaction was to grab her 6-month old fire extinguisher to put it out. BUT... she had located it right next to the stove, and couldn’t approach the area because the fire was too hot… SO… she grabbed her OLD fire extinguisher, pulled the pin and… NOTHING. Turns out her old one was 25 years old, and it no longer worked. the nearby window drapes caught fire and before the department arrived to put out the blaze the house was engulfed.
Fire extinguishers are simple technology, they are cheap enough to own SEVERAL and to keep them fresh.
Every home should have SEVERAL (even if they are just the inexpensive ones), as should every vehicle.
How you doing on yours… and while you are at it, how are your smoke detectors, are they good?