In a former life, I went through some emergency services training. One of the less pleasant portions of that training involved seeing the aftermath of house fires, both human and otherwise. Without going into graphic detail, the training vividly imprinted the importance of smoke detectors on me. If there’s a fire brewing in your home, you most definitely want to know about it, ASAP. When I realized our current detector layout was comprised of a new unit I put in, and a couple legacy units that appeared to be artifacts of the cold war, I knew it was time for a change. Putting off your home’s fire safety is a game of chance you don’t want to play. Read More
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Backpack Fire Extinguisher – Meet the Indian Smokechaser
What do you get the guy in your life that has everything? Got an outdoors-y adrenaline junky that can’t get enough excitement? Or perhaps you’re a wanna be hero of the ages. Well check this out. A backpack fire extinguisher. It’s pretty sweet for sure. What looks like a cross between a yard sprayer and a Ghostbuster’s proton pack is a Indian Fedco 5 gallon collapsible fire extinguisher backpack. I can almost see Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray doing the commercial spots for it now. Read More