Should I or not?

[marcp]

Ok as a responsible fire arm owner that loves to shoot, I have a descent amount of ammo in my home as i'm sure some of you do also. My question is, should you inform your neighbor hood fire station that you have ammo in your home in the event of a fire. As a exvolunteer fire fighter I have been on a few house fire's where we wished we knew before we tried to enter the resident's that they had ammo in there before we heard it go BANG and sent us face down on the floor.Just curious as to your INGO. This is in case i'm not home at the time..


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[wrnyhuise]

Ok as a responsible fire arm owner that loves to shoot, I have a descent amount of ammo in my home as i'm sure some of you do also. My question is, should you inform your neighbor hood fire station that you have ammo in your home in the event of a fire. As a exvolunteer fire fighter I have been on a few house fire's where we wished we knew before we tried to enter the resident's that they had ammo in there before we heard it go BANG and sent us face down on the floor.Just curious as to your INGO. This is in case i'm not home at the time..


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Not sure about protocol on this but i would think it to be at least a good gesture. May not make a difference for those of us in the cities though. doubt the info would be remembered.

 

[nucone]

I guess it depends on whether you want to risk letting your house burn to the ground or not.

 

[nra4ever]

Yes you should once your house is on fire and they get there. No way would I before.

Call me paranoid. To many what ifs. What if someone tells someone ad they tell there looser crack head kid. BREAk IN.

I don't mean to be harsh but there is always risk involved when you take a job like that. If you don't agree get a different job.

 

[patricktjms]

I think you might be setting yourself up for a robbery if you spread the word like that.

 

[DanVoils]

I wouldn't tell them before hand. If it came down to it the day of a fire then I would advise them. Otherwise I think you may be setting yourself for a burglary.

 

[AD Marc]

Non-chambered ammo cooking off isn't particularly dangerous.

 

[PGRChaplain]

Get a small safe to keep your ammo in. When heated the cases turn into the projectile, without much force.

 

[AD Marc]

The fragments, when there are any, seldom go more than a couple feet and have a hard enough time breaking skin. Probably wouldn't even feel it through structural firefighting gear.

 

[IndyGunworks]

I am a fireman and I wouldn't bother. We know the risks of firefighting, and if every home owner told us of all the stuff that was hazardous to us if their house was on fire then we would be swamped and wouldn't remember a few years from now anyways. Your personal businesss is your personal business.

Ever heard the saying telephone, tellafireman? It came from somewhere?

 

[IndyGunworks]

The fragments, when there are any, seldom go more than a couple feet and have a hard enough time breaking skin. Probably wouldn't even feel it through structural firefighting gear.

I can vouch for that being true first hand, it does scare the **** out of you though.

 

[SmileDocHill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlOXowwC4c

 

[worddoer]

Edited...See above...SmileDocHill beat me to it^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[sampo]

Hear no evil, speak no evil.

 

[marv]

Our rural VFD automatically assumes ammo in every house.

 

[H.T.]

I am in the job in Indy. We don't care. We did have an incident about 14yrs ago.
Crews were getting g ready to enter a residence that was on fire. One of the guys took a bullet
through his shoulder.
The home owner had a .45 acp on a closet shelf. The gun was laying down against the back wall.
Gun had rounds in mag. One cooked off bullet went through butt of gun hit fireman on otherwise of door.

 

[JoshuaW]

Non-chambered ammo cooking off isn't particularly dangerous.

Exactly.

Loose lips sink ships. Maybe in a small community, where you might actually be able to trust these people, but definitely not in a larger city. I would essentially be walking up to a bunch of strangers and saying "Hi, I have a lot of ammo in my house." If its not something you would be comfortable telling a random person you just met at the grocery store, then you probably shouldnt be sharing it with a random firefighter.

 

[dhamby]

I live in a small community and would still not go around announcing I have a bunch of ammo in my home. There are still druggies and thief's in small rural communities. I would inform them if the house were in fact on fire but other than that, no way no how.

 

[ModernGunner]

Non-chambered ammo cooking off isn't particularly dangerous.

^^^^ This ^^^^

Ever heard the saying telephone, tellafireman?

And, uh... the correct analogy is:

"There are 4 forms of communication: telegraph, telephone, television, and tell a woman!"

 

[mrortega]

I would think fireman are well aware of things that can go boom such as cans of paint, bottles of soda, and anything else in a closed container. As far as my house, I'll politely point out that if the so-and-so corner of the basement becomes fully involved that I'll be down the block watching from a safe distance.