JD> I've heard that if you insist on testing a dry-type fire extinguisher, 
 JD> the best procedure is to gather the family, build some fires outside, 
and 
 JD> let everyone have a turn at putting them out.
That is something everybody should do.  We set up a demonstration at my son's 
Boy Scout Troop and let each of the boys put out a small fire in a pan.  Most 
of them (along with a few of the adults) were surprised that just pointing 
the nozzle in the general direction of the fire didn't put it out 
immediately.  My son had learned the same lesson a week earlier when the next 
door neighbor's car caught fire and he put it out with one of the kitchen 
extinguishers.
Brien
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