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**Securing the Safety**
Last Tuesday, I thought it would be a great idea to finally install my new home security system. Armed with a vague instruction manual and an overabundance of optimism, I set everything up. Cables everywhere, a camera glaring at the neighbor’s cat, and a keypad that was more temperamental than my mood in the mornings. Just as I finished, I noticed a package on my porch. Elated, I hurried to grab it, forgetting that I had finally activated the alarm. As I swung the front door open, an ear-piercing beep drowned my triumph, and I somehow set off the siren so loudly that I thought I had summoned a SWAT team.
There I was, feeling like an accomplished adult, only to find myself dancing frantically with a package in hand, trying to shush the sirens blaring while the neighbor’s cat looked on in disbelief, probably thinking, “Wow, humans really can’t secure their lives.” By the time I managed to regain control, my adrenaline was through the roof, but my newfound “safety” had me questioning if I should have just left my door unlocked and saved the drama for my next baking attempt.
N
Call the fire department….have them do an inspection- fines shall result.
R
If you live in a place that you need to lock the fire extinguisher, the fire department won’t come for this
K
You’re poor too I see.
A
This has to be South Africa…Surely
S
I was thinking this has to be in America.. Shirley
W
And don’t call me Shirley.
P
Shirley, you can’t be serious?
O
I’m serious, you can’t be Shirley.
A
The logos and labelling on the extinguishers actually make me think this is the UK.
H
Fieur Extinguisheur
R
Also, locking extra fire extinguishers isn’t a code violation, just bad optics. Not providing working required extinguishers is a real problem. People pass dead extinguishers without ever giving a damn all the time.
F
“In care of emergency, pick lock”
M
“Click on one, click on two…”
F
Three is binding…
G
Fire Prevention prevention
L
Fines are usually not levied unless they refuse to comply with whatever the fire inspector says needs to be done. But yes, by all means have them do an inspection and yes they will even come to a place where this has been done. I’ll bet they find a lot more violations as well.
K
oh you sweet summer child
N
That sounds like some kind of southern coded insult….
T
If there is a fire, please fill out the requisition form to obtain the key and submit to the main office.
C
Approval takes up to 2 working days.
C
Fire! Fire! Help me! 123 Carrendon Road. Looking forward to hearing from you. All the best, Maurice Moss
F
You don’t need a key. You can just bash that lock off with the butt of a fire extinguisher.
I
By the time you’re done the fire has finished its business too.
T
So it’s a problem that solves itself!
I
Yes, in a negative way
W
It’s OK, they’re empty anyway.
T
Last inspection: June 2018
D
Probably started with shit head kids blasting them off when nobody is around. Happened at my high school, they couldn’t do much except keep replacing them and put up cameras. I also think there are alarms you can install that go off when an extinguisher is removed
R
I used to work at Disney and the AED cases would sound an alarm and automatically notify 911 if the door was opened.
D
Sounds about right. I saw an AED recently that needed a key to be opened, but the key was right there behind a small pane of glass…. Guess it creates more of a psychological barrier than anything. Still kinda funny though. If you’re intent on being a shithead, breaking a tiny pane of glass isn’t a much higher bar than opening the door and stealing it/breaking it/whatever frivolous uses people have for them
I
It does have the visual benefit that you know it’s been fucked with. I agree though, the psychological barrier is probably the biggest benefit.
P
Hmmm… if there was only an alarm that might be appropriate to trigger when someone was using the fire extinguisher? ¯\\*(ツ)*/¯ (yes, seriously I understand you don’t want to really trigger a fire alarm when someone wants to do some vandalism)
M
I contend that you do. That’s taken very seriously, and is very obvious when it happens. Will get them to stop destroying life saving equipment
X
Probably, but those bars won’t stop anyone from blasting powder.
K
Break glass in case of… paperwork
B
See, this is the difference between safety and security. Stealing this for work purposes.
A
In case of emergency, break lock
D
Quick find a fire extinguisher to break the lock
U
Just wait for the fire to melt the lock.
A
Reminds me of Jumanji when the kids is told there is an axe they need urgently in the shed, he goes and finds it locked, he picks up an axe that was leaning against the shed and starts trying to break the lock, after a couple of hits he literally looks down the camera.
N
It would be a shame if someone made an anonymous report to the fire marshall!
_
“What should we put on our fire extinguishers boss?” “In case of fire..” “Got it boss”
R
This is part of what sank the Moskva (the Russian flagship of the Black Sea fleet) Sailors kept stealing the fire equipment, so it was under lock and the captain had the key. Which means when the ship was attacked no one could fight fires because the captain was a little busy at that moment
F
I wonder who pass this inspection. And BTW who has the keys. A laht of questions when this place burns down.
X
With how dusty they are, I doubt they’ve been tested so who knows if they even work anymore.
C
The key is under the mat! 🔑
W
I guess they didn’t think that through
F
No problem, they will stay safe during a fire.
T
who did this? it is absolute nonsense. how will people defend themselves if the defense objects are blocked
M
Is this in the US? Those extinguishers look odd. Regardless, this has to be a code violation – assuming you’re in a country with codes…
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