Chip Pans Are Dangerous
 

No they are not. It’s the drunken fools trying to make some chips after a night on the falling down water who are dangerous.

This morning a fire chief was advocating that all chip pans should be banned. His opinion was based on the fact that far too many callouts were to a chip pan fire.

So by his reckoning his next target has to be cars, motorbikes, vans and lorries because they kill and maim more people.

It is time that these jumped up officials just did their job and stopped trying to tell us how to lead our lives.

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So are knives, scissors, corkscrews, tins of Spam ,domestic pets, tweezers, aerosols...... need I go on?
Actually it's best if you just roll yourself up in a large roll of bubblewrap and hibernate.
Or as my daughter puts it; wrap yourself in bacon and hope a bear doesn't eat you !:)

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Anything is dangerous in the wrong hands, if you know you are going to be tempted to start making chips after partaking in a few beers surely the best thing to do would be to buy a deep fat fryer that will switch itself off rather than setting your house in fire!!!

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Around 25 years ago I came off a night shift at the hospital and nipped in to Blackpool, among a number of Items; I purchased a T-bone steak for my lunch. I had planned to stay awake that day to help me readjust to back to days and to prepare myself to a night on the ****. At around 12.30 that afternoon I slapped my meat on the grill and settled down to some music whilst my treat grilled to perfection. Some two hours later I was awakened by my elderly neighbour shouting “Fire” through my letter box. To cut a long ****ty episode short, my kitchen was destroyed and only the act of shutting my kitchen door and the actions of my neighbour had save my life. Neglect and foolishness causes chip pan and other related kitchen fires not chip pans.

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I love my chip pan... you can make a pan of big gorgous chips ,for a fraction of the cost of chipshop little spears chips,, :rolleyes:

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apologies in advance , for a bit of a thread wander , I can remember back in the early 50s when plastics were 'new' we had a neighbour lady (who had a big family) who decided it was a good idea to use her new plastic washing up bowl to make a potato pie/lancashire hot pot , instead of her usual white enamel bowl .......I remember lots of black smoke but no lasting damage...think it was the first time I ever heard a fireman use the 'f' word

funny the stuff you remember :D

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remember one morning about 5-00, making some toast before going to work, dozed back off on the kitchen stool, and nearly gassed the bungalow out, had even forgot to light the grill. it aint chip pans that are dangerous, its any silly buggar in a kitchen,not being alert/paying attention, that fire cheif is an overpaid clown.:rolleyes:

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I dont use a chip pan i buy oven chips safer that way for me.

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thats me not coming for tea.:D

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Its normally coffee for you not tea cashy :D

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Doing the job they are supposed to be doing is no longer in the job discription. Spouting of like this makes them feel big and important. :( As for fires in the kitchen we could all do that including this gobby self appointed "mummy".

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Why not buy a deep fat fryer?

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I'll stick to the oven chips bernie. Less dangerous for me. :D

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Yes; I can understand that.......:)

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Suppose if you like them that's all that matters. Don't eat chips all that often, would probably go for the oven ones if I did!!:)

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Funny what you remember when you read something, I did that once got up to get my daughter ready for school, lit the grill or so I thought. When I came back into the kitchen I lit the gas under the kettle and the force of the blast threw me across the kitchen. Just goes to show you can never be to careful:(

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the ones that go on the oven should be banned, they are the ones that are dangerous, you could easily forget to turn it off, wether your drunk or not! I recommend a electric one:D

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So its only drunken people who operate chip pans?

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Well that nonsense. Noone after a good night on the lash comes home and puts the chip pan on, they order a kebab with extra chilli sauceand a can of coke that doesnt get drunk till 3 days later.

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thats true

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I don't suppose that it has ever occured to the "Fire Chief" that his job and pension are largely dependent on people forgetting to monitor their chip pans; if there were no fires what need would we have for firemen?

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I once spilt boiling fat from the chip an down my legs and I hadn't even been drinking.
Ended up with great big blisters alldown my legs.

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Yes accidents do happen when no drink is involved, I think he had a good point in a way if we all used deep fat fryers the element of danger from their point of view must be reduced because anybody can get waylaid and forget about a chip pan. A deep fat fryer will switch itself off whereas a chip pan fire could and has been fatal.

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What were you doing trying to move a chip pan full of hot fat? That is just asking for trouble.

My chip pan has a lid and when the chips are cooked and put onto my plate I put the lid in place, make doubly sure that the gas has been turned OFF FULLY and go and enjoy my chips. I don’t even think about moving the chip pan until the next morning when the beef dripping or lard has solidified.

I’ve never had a chip pan problem in over 50 years.

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So have cars, motor bikes, vans and lorries. Lets not forget aeroplanes, trains and even ships. Ladders spring to mind.

This jumped up fire chief is just poking his nose into people’s lives.

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our deep fat fryer dont switch itself off bernie, never has.

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Okay hands up I'm wrong, thought they had a thermostat on that switched off at a certain temperature:o

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Get your point, if we stop using everything that might hurt us we might as well live our lives wrapped in cotton wool:(

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This is a national campaign.......there is an exhibition unit in the Fire Station in Darwen which is currently on tour in Lancashire bringing to the attention of the more careless in the community who do in fact make silly mistakes and set fire to houses with a possible loss of life.
This Officer is not only protecting his staff but also the general community.
His officers are the ones who have to clean up the mess, be it smoke damage, injury or fatality.
I don't find his remarks and advice wrong...prevention is better than cure.
These same officers give advice to children at the Fire Station and to the more vulnerable in their homes and they will fit you a free smoke alarm.
I would be inclined to give credit where it's due

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Fire crews primary job is to attend an outbreak of a fire, contain it and extinguish it. Their secondary function is rescue and to administer first aid if professional help is not to hand. Their tertiary function is to offer advice on fire safety.

Advice is one thing but calling for the banning of all chip pans is a step too far. Indeed it is actually unwarranted interference in the lives of millions of people.

No one forced his staff to become a fireman/woman and they knew what the job entailed before they joined. If they didn’t they soon found out during training and could have stepped down if they weren’t prepared to accept it.

I think that everyone accepts that firemen and women are a credit to the nation.

Incidentally fire crews do not clean up smoke damage. That is left to the unfortunate victim or relatives.

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no one on this earth could ever ban chip pans, it would be impossible

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I think I made the point without 'nit picking'

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No, but you can be sure it wont be long before small print starts appearing in your householder insurance policies denying any coverage resulting from the use of chip pans or deep fat fryers that dont have automatic shut-off devices :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ;)

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