I read the letter on Camp Safety with interest.  While I agree that it may be useful to have a fire bucket for burns, etc, I am of the opinion that care must be taken before using it on a fire.  The use of water on a fire can exacerbate a situation or be dangerous.  It is not a good idea to use water on a fire involving cooking oil or fat (probably the cause of the majority of domestic fires) and it is potentially dangerous to use water in situations where their is mains electricity,  even if camper units do have RCD’s.

 

When carrying out a fire risk assessment at my work place, some years ago, we found that we had to get rid of most of the water extinguishers and replace them with powder or other types of extinguisher.

 

Most extinguishers have a limited life span or need to be serviced.  We used the out of date extinguishers to practice putting out controlled fires in the relative safety of a car park and produced clear simple instructions for their safe use in different situations.  While an extinguisher will not put out a major fire it can prevent a small fire from escalating.

 

As the manager of a business I had to write an Emergency Incident Procedure for my location which was subsequently used widely by the company (a multinational PLC listed in the FTSE100) for which I worked.

 

 

 

Robert Enever