Solid British Safety Awareness Pays Off - erutufon|nofuture

CV · 2nd July 2005

Last night, I was over at my friends new flat in Barcelona, it was their 2nd night there, and we were all up on the roof terrace having some wine and relaxing, when I noticed a flickering coming from the door that led back down into the flat.. I ask if there's any candles downstairs, and they say no, so I go down to have a look and the electric cooker has set fire to a cardboard box full of wine glasses, the flames are pretty high, but it hadn't spread... quick as you like, Ive got a damp dishcloth and i'm smothering the fire, enough to get the cardboard off the hob into the sink and switch off the cooker. Just a few seconds, maybe 10.

I reckon we can be thankful to all the British Safety awareness education i was given at school , as well as a good dose of luck ... I don't think they really do the damp dishcloth thing over here, first aid and basic safety skills seem to be considered special training.

Anyway, be aware! Accidents do happen!

**Loz** · 2nd July 2005

Don't put a rug down on a freshly polished floor. You might as well put a mantrap.

I was actually only saying the other day that we don't seem to have this public information films on anymore. Sure they were funny and stupid, but people remembered them. I used the wet cloth on a fire in the past, and it works really well.

stinkfinger · 2nd July 2005

i hope you were given due credit for preventing what could have been a potential disaster by the rest of the party

2nd July 2005

If theres ever a chip pan fire you're quids in Cris...

mattp · 2nd July 2005

He's sorted if he ever lives near either a railway line or a farm. I think I even saw one about a building site once.

**Loz** · 2nd July 2005

or if anyone is flying a kite near pylons

2nd July 2005	#1
CV cristianvogel.neverengine.org Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,983	Solid British Safety Awareness Pays Off Last night, I was over at my friends new flat in Barcelona, it was their 2nd night there, and we were all up on the roof terrace having some wine and relaxing, when I noticed a flickering coming from the door that led back down into the flat.. I ask if there's any candles downstairs, and they say no, so I go down to have a look and the electric cooker has set fire to a cardboard box full of wine glasses, the flames are pretty high, but it hadn't spread... quick as you like, Ive got a damp dishcloth and i'm smothering the fire, enough to get the cardboard off the hob into the sink and switch off the cooker. Just a few seconds, maybe 10. I reckon we can be thankful to all the British Safety awareness education i was given at school , as well as a good dose of luck ... I don't think they really do the damp dishcloth thing over here, first aid and basic safety skills seem to be considered special training. Anyway, be aware! Accidents do happen!
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2nd July 2005	#2
Loz ......................... Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 7,630	Don't put a rug down on a freshly polished floor. You might as well put a mantrap. I was actually only saying the other day that we don't seem to have this public information films on anymore. Sure they were funny and stupid, but people remembered them. I used the wet cloth on a fire in the past, and it works really well. ........................... "If you can't tell what genre the track you're making is you should have your instruments taken away and made to stand in the corner."
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2nd July 2005	#3
stinkfinger Everybody knows your name Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: don't know Posts: 2,348	i hope you were given due credit for preventing what could have been a potential disaster by the rest of the party ........................... SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SONIC BOOM COMMANDO
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2nd July 2005	#4
Hagbard Posts: n/a	If theres ever a chip pan fire you're quids in Cris...
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2nd July 2005	#5
mattp Registered Erutufon Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oxford (UK) Posts: 973	He's sorted if he ever lives near either a railway line or a farm. I think I even saw one about a building site once.
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