Found on instructions for a fire extinguisher: Carry to fire.
Having just done fire warden training, I can see the signifigance in that one. You need to be within a couple of meters of the fire for them to work at all. It's certainly close enough to be uncomfortably hot. I reckon if someone was in line-of-sight of a fire, they'd use it like a hose and squirt from too far away.
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I went with a freind who works in a chemical plant. They have their own little fire brigade there.
Anyway, you're right. Most ppl are to scared/nervous/in panic to get close enough to the fire to put an extinguisher to good use. A lot of fires could be controlled or even extinguished if someone who knows what he/she was doing reacts right away.
