FirePro's 1m x 1m high performance fire distinguishing blanket is made of glass fibre. The fire blanket is made with fibre drill fabric, made of a kind of specially treated glass fibre, which is smooth, soft, with high density and without any irritation to skin. It is the best protective material for humans or any object, which require protection from high heat.
- Suitable for Cooking and Clothing Fires
- Certified to AS/NZS 3504
- Made from Glass Fibre
Thanks to Pricehipster
Many do. I guess like those bibles in motel drawers decades ago. Not every drawer but most. Anecdotally most houses I'm aware of have one, or more. I do - near the stove in the kitchen. If you have OnePass particularly for free delivery if you can't be bothered taking the drive, you should buy, 2 or 3 for strategic locations around your home. There is absolutely no reason not to.
thanks everyone, will grab a few!
like those bibles in motel drawers
But these blankets can only save you from earthly fire, not hell fire.
But again, at least these blankets are independently verifiable to work.
Just be grateful you are still alive and purchase one asap.
is it standard to have
Yes and a fire extinguisher.
Plus teaching your kids what they would do if there was a fire (get down low and crawl to an exit).
It’s “get down low and GO GO GO”
Correct
just because it's a good idea doesn't make it any kind of standard thing people do
When would you use this instead of a fire extinguisher?
In a kitchen. If a pot catches on fire chuck this over the top.
Actually, any small fires. Using an extinguisher can be messy and expensive.
I have 3. One in the kitchen, one is the garage and one near the barbeque.
Same with fire extinguishers.
At this price it's stupid not to have a couple.
wtf. You have to be joking? Fire extinguishers make less of a mess than your house burning down.
I don't think you've thought this through.
How often do you think normal people use fire extinguishers at home?
@khomeini: Only once :D
Having said that closed has a point.
DCP fire extinguishers can not only make an almost impossible to clean mess, they can destroy things. A friend's brother used one on his car engine bay once and it basically wrecked the engine.
@crunchyhead: what's rec'd for home then
and what do u do with old ones? I got a dcp one off aldi must be 10yr ago.
probs cost more to test than get a new one.
@furyou: I honestly don't know.
CO2 is a great all-rounder but requires potentially expensive annual maintenance or at least testing to ensure that it maintains pressure.
It is also not great for fires that can easily re-ignite as it has no smothering ability like DCP or Foam.
In the olden days BCF was recommended for nearly everything but… something something Ozone layer!
As for old DCPs? idk sorry. I don't own one.
Where do you place these in the kitchen? Wife does not want it anywhere visible. Seems stupid to have to look for it if something happens.
Screw it to the inside of a kitchen cupboard door.
You should definitely have one, and fire extinquishers, and know how to use them.
We bought both of these for my in-laws a few months ago. Literally a week after buying them they had a fire in the kitchen that this put out.
Whole house would have gone up in flames without it.
I'm surprised that home insurance policies don't mandate that they are required or the policy is void.
its funny, i don't think anyone i know has one.
I've bought 4 just now, one each for 4 households to start their journey to fire safety!
I bought them once but like you I don't think many of my friends or family have them. Think people are deluding themselves if they think they are common place in suburban areas.
I think the blankets are a fair idea, cause why not give yourself a chance to put out a small kitchen fire. I'm less convinced on the extinguishers cause wouldn't you be having to keep it inspected and up to date. May be the same with a blanket but it is a blanket. Mine will be out of date now.
@bp2000: In a home environment you don’t have to have them inspected but extinguishers even in a commercial environment where they should be professionally inspected every 6 months have 5 years before requiring to be pressure tested.
So a 1kg extinguisher costing $19 that you can inspect yourself is decent insurance for less than $4 a year.
@Sven Nijs: my inlaws had an outside fire extinquisher that was 20 years old.
I think that was past the use by date haha.
I'm totally not superstitious but…
Over 30 years ago, my dad had an incident with our milk bottles (I was a toddler and my sister was a baby) on the stove boiling over and when he opened the lid, flames burst out of the pot. He didn't have any fire safety equipment so it was lucky he could throw it in the sink. Pure luck.
He went out immediately and bought one of these fire blankets. We have never needed to use it since (totally not superstitious but this seems to be how life works - I have a similar story about my cycling tour of France and the purchase of a very expensive cycling rain jacket… but that's a story for another day…).
We have moved houses many times and we still have the same fire blanket hanging on a wall in the kitchen to this day. Hopefully, we will never need to use it, but if we do, it could literally be the difference between life and death.
I mean, I guess until it happens you don't need one.
I've never had one, never had one growing up in our house. But one day, you never know.
However the replies to this comment are a bit intense, you're not guaranteed to die without one.
My landlord's insurance sent the house one for free. Came in a fancy box with magnets and everything.
I’ve never seen it. Pretty rare but wouldn’t be shocked if it’s common among OzBargainers
Bought one just incase my unmetered gas cooktop that I use to heat my house catches fire.
That's a great idea. I've been surviving from the heat dissipating off my multiple modified ebike and hoverboard charger powerboards (all Heymix of course)
No worries, those bricks are fire proof.
cooking fire - just use pot
I have one at my house.. also a plunger
2 things you 100% want to have even if you never need it!
plunger? Dude. That's gotta be a TINY fire.
These are single use. For a reusable fire blanket, consider an asbestos fire blanket.
Note: Do not use an asbestos fire blanket for reasons that I hope are obvious.
reusable fire blanket
Is there such a thing?
That's a burning question !!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos
"In Guy's Hospital, London, 1941, nurses arrange asbestos blankets over an electrically heated frame to create a hood over patients to help warm them quickly"
Yes, people made blankets out of asbestos
Europe had a lot of wild ideas in the 40s.
Fire DIStinguishing blanket. Que? ;)
It has unique feature that distinguished from other blankets
It only puts distinguished fires out. No use for common everyday fires.
isnt this too small at 1x1m
For burning pots it should be fine. For larger burns, probably not.
no
It will generally do the job.
Too small for what one has to wonder
thanks everyone
will order a couple, for me and some family members.. none of whom have it!
Just realised this is only 1m x 1m. Probably only good for a single pot.
Seems the 1.2m x 1.8m is a lot more useful but also $17.63
https://www.bunnings.com.au/firepro-1-2-x-1-8m-fire-blanket_…
At first glance I thought the black ribbons were legs and mused over how great a halloween costume this would be
Tip: install this away from your gas stove or oven. Some people buy and they have it sitting right there.
Thanks OP. I grabbed a couple. Seems silly that we don't have anything like this at home. Should get an extinguisher too.
Thanks OP
Late 80s someone sold my parents a 'fire protection pack' - smoke alarm, blanket and 1kg powder extinguisher.
A few weeks later, my sister was heating up oil for poppadoms. She got distracted and next thing you know, I'm sitting upstairs and hear a light 'pop'. Ignored it.
Not long after the smoke alarm goes off and I turn around to see a cloud of smoke downstairs. The oil was burning and it had taken hold of the range hood. Blanket took care of the oil and fire extinguisher put out the range hood flames.
Currently our house has a blanket in the kitchen, 2 smoke alarms to cover bedrooms and 3x ABE fire extinguishers - 1kg (kitchen), 2.5kg (main bedroom) and 4.5kg (middle of the house). Don't skimp on this stuff!
Amazing how small $10-20 investments can save you hundreds of thousands.
Poor man’s welding blanket
That's what I've used em for : )
Thank you - bought one for the Tesla (or do I need two?)
On a serious note, will buy a bunch tonight at the local bunnings for the home
Got one for the bedroom in case things get hot.
Thanks OP, bought two
Thanks O.P
Thanks ordered a few and fire extinguishers
I ordered two, one for home and one for car
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wondering whether most people have this in their house? is it standard to have and I'm here living on the edge