Fire Extinguisher Training

i went to fire extinguisher training today. some people mock it but i enjoyed it. there was some good information about what kind of fire extinguisher to use in what situation. also good review of how to assess the situation as to whether you should just exacuate or use the fire extinguisher. basically if you are by yourself it is safer to evacuate; also if there is a lot of smoke just leave. the best part about the training is you get to use a fire extinguisher on a real fire. they had a little box that they had some diesel and regular gas in which they set on fire. each of us had to put it out with an abc powder fire extinguisher. kind of like this

some of the people there were disappointed because they were computer geeks who lived in the server room and that has CO2 extinguishers, but we didn't get to practice with any of those. last time i took the training we used one, they are heavy! the guy also said if you have an extinguisher at home that is dry chemical abc with a metal head on it the university would service that for free every year. that was pretty cool. personally i have one with a cheap plastic head so i'll throw it out in 5 yrs.