Fire in Trailer

[Gary Carvajal]

You know I was thinking about the skylight in my 13 foot Scamp as we were doing the remodel this winter. On the inside of the skylight is says EXIT in red letters.
Yeah right!

I am almost six feet and about 195 and am in good shape, but there is less roof opening than there is of me, and then I have to push or pull the wife, and two dogs out the hole in the roof which will of course collapse taking us back in to the fire.

No doubt that idea of an escape hatch was thought up in some government office somewhere with little application of practical sense in regards to a trailer like a 13 foot Scamp. Our tax dollars at work here, yessiree.

If there was a fire I am taking my BFA (Big Fat A**) right out the door in two steps pushing or throwing the bride out in front with the dogs in close order file.

A fire extinguisher may slow down a small fire and allow time for further fire suppression methods to be used.

But for these types of fiberglass trailers, the best escape hatch or exit location is likely the door.

Gary

[Bonnie and Roger in WA]

I had a candle burning on the kitchen counter in my Burro once.

Until I noticed how the underside of my cabinets and side walls were getting black.

OOPS. Nothing burned, and with a Burro, it wasn't hard to wipe down, but I had to put up with the smell of 409 in an enclosed space for several days.

Liz had a good laff at it tho.

Liz, I love candles and my husband absolutely will not let me burn them in the trailer. But--now you can buy battery "candles" about the size of a votive candle, that have a pretty realistic flickering bulb. I put one in a nice little jar on the table and it is a pretty good substitute. Bonnie