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That is a great idea. Lots of people learn CPR. Perhaps there is a market for a school that teaches basic, hands-on safety skills.

-How to put out a cooker fire with a fire blanket.

-How to use a fire extinguisher.

-How to cut a seat belt.

-How to break a window.

etc

Could be quite a fun day out. I would definitely pay for something like that for me and my family.



Your local boy scouts almost certainly have a working relationship with their local fire department that results in the FD taking them to wherever they train once every couple years and going through all those motions and more.

A 5lb dry extinguisher in the right hands can put out one of those oval stock tanks full of burning diesel, twice.


We had (optional) safety training when I worked at Square, which included CPR training, going over office evacuation procedures, etc. One of the most fun parts was they had a virtual fire extinguisher training, which involved basically a video game fire extinguisher controller to put out a fire on a tv. It’s definitely not as exciting as using a real fire extinguisher training, but can also be done in an office meeting room.


I’m still upset they didn’t let us start fires in the meeting rooms to practice using real extinguishers.

Miss working with you!


Virtual training is better than nothing. But I don't think it really compares doing IRL.




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