Anyone ever use Meeco Red Devil FireEx chimney fire suppressant?

[smokee]

I'm thinking of ordering one of these just incase I ever have a fire. It certainly wouldn't hurt to have on hand. I see there's another product called Chimfex which is similar to a flare. You basically fire it up like a flare and put it in the box. The only problem with the chimfex "flair" is that it says not to put it in the fire. I guess that's okay if you're not running hot with a lot of wood but my luck the box would be full, hot and glowing. FireEx is just a bag of what looks like black cat litter that you just toss into the fire and shut down the O2 supply. I've never experienced a chimney fire, don't think I ever want to either, but I'm one of those guys that like to have a plan for everything and a chimney fire's something I don't want to be unprepared for.

 

[D&B Mack]

I'm thinking of ordering one of these just incase I ever have a fire. It certainly wouldn't hurt to have on hand. I see there's another product called Chimfex which is similar to a flare. You basically fire it up like a flare and put it in the box. The only problem with the chimfex "flair" is that it says not to put it in the fire. I guess that's okay if you're not running hot with a lot of wood but my luck the box would be full, hot and glowing. FireEx is just a bag of what looks like black cat litter that you just toss into the fire and shut down the O2 supply. I've never experienced a chimney fire, don't think I ever want to either, but I'm one of those guys that like to have a plan for everything and a chimney fire's something I don't want to be unprepared for.

No, but I like your Avatar! :msp_thumbup:

 

[brenndatomu]

There was just a thread about this in the last few weeks, or it came up in a thread anyways. I think somebody said that a regular old dry chemical (ABC) fire extinguisher blown right in your firebox works as well as anything. Also I think a bag of...baking soda, I think it was, thrown in the stove, is supposed to accomplish the same.

 

[smokee]

There was just a thread about this in the last few weeks, or it came up in a thread anyways. I think somebody said that a regular old dry chemical (ABC) fire extinguisher blown right in your firebox works as well as anything. Also I think a bag of...baking soda, I think it was, thrown in the stove, is supposed to accomplish the same.

Thanks, I'll see if I can find it. As always, I did a search before I posted and nothing came up for "FireEx".

 

[smokee]

No, but I like your Avatar! :msp_thumbup:

There ain't nothing wrong with that! I do too! :biggrin:

 

[brenndatomu]

Thanks, I'll see if I can find it. As always, I did a search before I posted and nothing came up for "FireEx".

Oh, sorry, it wasn't that brand specifically, just chimney fire suppressant techniques in general.

 

[smokee]

Oh, sorry, it wasn't that brand specifically, just chimney fire suppressant techniques in general.

Thanks, I do a search for that later tonight.

 

[darkbyrd]

FWIW, I've heard a soaking wet bath towel smothers the fire with steam.

 

[Ohio066]

At the fire dept we get old expired extinguishers and take the dry chem and put in plastic bags and drop them down the chimney

 

[cmsmoke]

I just hope your avatar and wife aren't one in the same. I like her glasses! I'll shut up now.

 

[darkbyrd]

I just hope your avatar and wife aren't one in the same. I like her glasses! I'll shut up now.

I like her "glasses" too

 

[smokee]

I just hope your avatar and wife aren't one in the same. I like her glasses! I'll shut up now.

lol. No not the wife but they look alike. :msp_biggrin: She wouldn't go for the cleve shot so I went with Mila.

I didn't notice there were glasses in the avatar. lol

 

[cmsmoke]

Whew! That's good. I look for your name just to look at those glasses...It doesn't matter what you post. LOL!!!!

 

[smokee]

Whew! That's good. I look for your name just to look at those glasses...It doesn't matter what you post. LOL!!!!

How's things in J'town? I'm from Uniontown originally... I use to race bikes in J'town in the early 80's. I really enjoy that area - love fly fishing Laurel Hill Creek.

 

[cmsmoke]

Small world...Johnstown is still here. Where did you race, Cernics? I did a little, myself...hillclimbs and dirt drags. The Lancaster area is nice as well. I have a friend or 2 from there...Elizabethtown, Chickees Rock, Fall and Spring Carlisle, York NSRA Show.

 

[smokee]

Small world...Johnstown is still here. Where did you race, Cernics? I did a little, myself...hillclimbs and dirt drags. The Lancaster area is nice as well. I have a friend or 2 from there...Elizabethtown, Chickees Rock, Fall and Spring Carlisle, York NSRA Show.

I raced BMX somewhere there. It's been a while so I don't remember exactly where. We were just out that way and took the kids to the Johnstown Flood Museum and to the dam itself. That's a serious piece of history that not many really know much about. What a tragedy!

 

[cmsmoke]

I live close to the airport and probably less than 2 miles from from that track. It is the only one I know of. Does East Hills BMX ring a bell? I was 15 years old in 1977 and spent some long hours repairing water lines that washed out and hauling mud in town with single axles. I knew a few families that lost loved ones and all their property. It was some experience, for sure.