fireman15
I’m also a firefighter (volunteer with lots of paper) and I handload also. My experience is the same as yours. Of course I store my smokeless powders as per NFPA guidelines and I keep it in our detached garage and sheds, not in the house.
I have had people in gun stores freak out when I’m buying 8 pound kegs questioning why would need 8 pounds and expressing gladness that they are not my neighbor in the event of explosion. Of course they don’t warn the owners of the LGS of the dangers of having 100s of pounds of powder sitting right there on the shelf waiting for the hapless consumer to place in their shopping cart.
I didn't mean to imply that I was storing my powder improperly. I was making a bit of an attempt at humor saying people freak out when they see a few containers of powder laying around. Smokeless powder is too valuable these days especially not to take proper precautions with it.
All of my stock is kept in storage that protects it from sources of combustion and from humidity. And everything is kept locked and off limits to all people other than invited guests. The containers come out when they are being used. But it is still amazing to me how many people freak out over my reloading area... people who should know better and people who think nothing of improperly storing propane and gasoline which in my opinion are more dangerous because their combustible vapors make them more likely to find an ignition source.