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Installing them in the house is a good first step, but there’s a lot more to making sure they’re effective if a fire ignites.

Fire extinguishers give us an opportunity to keep a small fire emergency from turning into a large fire emergency. Large fire emergencies may have significant economic impacts, or even cause loss of ...