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This is a life-saving YSK.
The real YSK is of course in the comment. =) Thank you for expanding on this. It's always important to make sure you are prepared. You don't have time to google these things when the disaster is at hand. If you're not prepared when a fire breaks out you might panic and make dumb decisions. This goes for all stressful situations of course. Make sure you have some plan for common emergencies. That goes for medical emergencies as well as fires.
Perhaps to expand on that: also have a fire blanket in your kitchen. They are dirt cheap, no maintenance and if something catches on fire during cooking you can throw them over and stop it before a chaotic situation develops.
Especially since a grease fire is very hard to put out unless you smother it. Using an extinguisher on a grease fire is not a good idea.
how to properly use an extinguisher is also a life saving YSK.
P - pull pin A - aim at the BASE of the fire S - SQEEZE (DO NOT pull) trigger S - sweep base of the fire
Rather than being on a niche discussion thread online, it would be great if classrooms across the globe taught this tip as a practical skill to have instead. I bet it would go a long way if everyone had the chance to use a fire extinguisher in action before a fire broke out.