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posted by martyb on Sunday July 07 2019, @12:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the cool-idea dept.

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"At the early stage of fire-fighting, a fire extinguisher is equivalent to one fire engine," said Hwang Seong-phil, associate creative director at Cheil Worldwide.

"However, people don't remember where they put it and cannot find it when they need. So we came up with the idea of making a fire extinguisher which people can always keep handy in the home."

Roughly 60% of fire fatalities in South Korea in the decade to 2017 occurred in homes, according to the National Fire Agency, accounting for about 2,000 deaths in total.

Though it is mandatory to have a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector installed in homes, the agency reported that only 49% of residents actually own an extinguisher.

In 2018, Cheil Worldwide and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance manufactured and distributed 110,000 firevases to their clients. They are planning to give out another 100,000 this year.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-firevase/grab-and-throw-south-korea-makes-flower-vase-fire-extinguisher-idUSKCN1TL02D


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  • (Score: 2) by Rupert Pupnick on Sunday July 07 2019, @03:17PM

    by Rupert Pupnick (7277) on Sunday July 07 2019, @03:17PM (#864126) Journal

    My wife is a big fan of grab and throw, but not so much for putting out fires.

    /jk

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