Codey Signs Bill Requiring Fire Extinguishers in Homes

New Jersey Governor's Press Releases ^ | April 14, 2004 | Joseph Coniglio et al

[ZULU]

So a fifth grade kid suggests a new law to a Democrat and he goes for it. Democrats SALIVATE at new laws. New laws mean more work for trial attorneys, more opportunities to squeeze money from tax-payers, etc.

Isn't it a PRIMARY rule in a house fire to get out of the house first? Aren't there different types of fires - electrical, chemical, etc, which require different types of extinguishing materials?

Why not a law requiring a DEFIBRILLATOR in every house prior to sale?? People often have heart attacks at home you know.

Glad I left tha5t lunatic state years ago.

[BenLurkin]

"Why not a law requiring a DEFIBRILLATOR in every house prior to sale??"

SSShhh! Somebody will call the democrat party hacks and suggest it.

[Billthedrill]

You vill be healthy und safe. The government says that you vill be healthy und safe. If you are not healthy und safe you vill be punished.

[Puppage]

Codey Signs Bill Requiring Fire Extinguishers in Homes

But, won't the Fire Dept save you? Isn't that why you can't have a handgun in New Jersey, because the Police will save you?/sarcasm

[jdege]

Next step - require a gun in every house.

[BenLurkin]

"Christopher Keethe, raised his hand and asked why every home in New Jersey is not required to have a fire extinguisher."

Answer: Because, Christopher, FREE people aren't regulated at every turn. And we want to be free, understand, Christopher?

[Minnesoootan]

Just replace 'FIRE EXTINGUISHER' with 'GUN' and you got a good bill.

Since they want you to help out the fire dept.,can't prejudice helpin the police!

For the record,I have two in the garage,one in the kitchen and one by the laundry downstairs....fire extinguishers that is,the gun locations are nodobies business!

[Sacajaweau]

The rule is: "GET OUT OF THE HOUSE". It doesn't take long for smoke to engulf and blind your path AND a secondary fire to ignite. Tell these folks to look at the "whole Picture".

[Minnesoootan]

nodobies-
dislexics untie!!

[Hank Rearden]

Senator Coniglio was visiting Mrs. Donna Spoto’s fifth-grade class when the student, Christopher Keethe, raised his hand and asked why every home in New Jersey is not required to have a fire extinguisher.

That idiot 'Rat kid needs to have his ass whipped with a copy of the Declaration of Independence.

[MineralMan]

Hmmm.....I'm not sure a law is needed here. My homeowner's insurance company requires that I have a fire extinguisher in my house. They didn't need to, though. I've always had a large fire extinguisher in my houses. It's in a pantry closet adjacent to my kitchen. I've had to use it twice.

It's foolish not to have one.

[OldFriend]

I don't think it's in anyone's best interest to remain in a home that is on fire.

One thing I do believe ought to be mandated and this is carbon monoxide detector in homes with a heating system other than electric.

[Huck]

State Senator Joseph Coniglio first drafted the bill two years ago, when a fifth-grade student at Cliffside Park School #6 suggested the idea.

LOL! Perfect. Oh man, that made my day.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Oh Brother! The Libs are at it again! It's a wonder we New Jerseyans can get out of bed in the morning without the politicians coming up with another stupid law.

BTW- I have a fire extinguisher under the sink in my kitchen and our two-family also has one in each apartment. Had'em for years! I guess NJ politicians don't think we're that smart.

[Graybeard58]

nodobies-

dislexics untie!!

[Huck]

Wait, you mean this isn't Scrappleface? :-P

[TNCMAXQ]

When poor folks start complaining they can't afford them, surely the state will have to start providing these things for free, don't you think?

[Wiseghy]

Should we mandate inspection for live, long life, lithium batteries for smoke detectors too? Firefighters say this is an all too frequent cause of fatalities. How about NOx2 detectors? Come on, I'm just getting started here.../sar.

[Gingersnap]

Well, shortly after this goes into effect we will see the horror stories about people turning extinguishers on each other, people bludgeoning each other with them, people failing to get them recharged and having them malfunction at a critical moment, etc.

[DB]

So now what happens when people start dying because they stay in their house and attempt to fight a house fire with a hand-held fire extinguisher instead of simply exiting it???

And somebody should check if this guy owns or has connections to fire extinguisher manufactures/distributors... After all New Jersey is well known for "clean" government...