OT: Fire is coming. What do you grab?

BigfootIsReal · #1 01-10-2025, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Yep. Which was the point of my response. Don't rely on a fire safe if a fire is coming. It's only able to buy a little time for the fire department.

Ahh, yes....but my safe is in the basement and underground

philliesfan · #2 01-10-2025, 10:53 PM

As most everyone else mentioned. My pets 4 dogs first, followed by important papers......wallet etc. And if I have time, some cards that are in my small safe.

markf31 · #3 01-12-2025, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BigfootIsReal

Ahh, yes....but my safe is in the basement and underground

In the case of a full house fire, wood joists will fail approximately 15-20 minutes after being exposed to fire. At that point the basement ceiling joists fail and collapse down in to the basement.

The basement location might provide an extra 20 minutes of protection, but that's all.

midmo · #4 01-12-2025, 03:41 PM

A couple days ago I saw a man on the street being interviewed in the Pacific Palisades and when he said that he lost everything he mentioned his baseball memorabilia a couple times. Can't imagine how many rare cards, memorabilia, art, etc. has been lost this week.

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