Civilian Use of Portable Fire Extinguishers

摘要

The question of whether untrained civilians should use portable fire extinguishers has been marked by ongoing debate. The positions range from objec-rntions to the use of fire extinguishers by untrained people, on one hand, to the need for early intervention to minimize the impact of a fire, on the other hand.rnWhat brought the issue of civilian use of fire extinguishers to light for the Haddon Heights (NJ) Fire Department was the State Legislature of New Jersey's amendment of the Public Law for Smoke Detector (1991) and the Carbon Monoxide (2004) law in March 2005.