[TheForge] RE: Insurance

[Jerry Smith]

Andy and Bob,

I live in BFE Ohio, the nearest VFD is just down the
road from me. I asked the chief to come over and
inspect my place. I did clean it up and clean out
stuff before he came to visit. I have 5 and 15
pounders fire extinguishers near every door way. I
also have two CO2 fire extinguishers that are placed
where needed, as I am doing things. 

In the house I have a smoke detector in every room. I
a CO detector near the furnace. I have a workshop like
most of you in the basement, then I have a two car
garage that is my machine shop/smithy is at. There I
have two smoke detectors and two CO detectors. It has
several fire extinguishers in it, a first aid kit, Eye
Wash unit and most of the safety related things like
eye, ear, head protection, gloves of many types and
uses.

I went over board, my insurance agent got a copy of
the really great report from the fire chief. I got a
good reduction in my insurance, about $200 for very
comprehensive coverage

I forgot to mention that I donated a few things to the
fire departments annual auction. :)

Being out in the country side, doesn't mean you can't
be friends with the local folks.

Jerry

 
--- Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> > Andy,
> > 
> > Sometimes you can get your fire insurance reduced
> if you put in a pond near 
> > your home.  It gives the FD a place to pump from
> and they don't have to haul 
> > in all the water on tanker trucks.
> > 
> > What are you doing buying land?  I thought you was
> unemployed.
> 
> 	I am but the gf is not.  She can't stand living
> around people anymore. 
>   She's a flight attendant and sees perhaps a
> thousand people a day and 
> many of them are impressively unpleasant.  She wants
> to be in a place 
> that is quiet and clean and the folks are well
> mannered.  We've found 
> all of that in WV.  Time will tell how well it suits
> us, but methinks at 
> least for now it will be what the doctor ordered. 
> I'm making my list of 
> todos.  Root cellar, spring house, smokehouse,
> shop... I should be busy 
> for a while.
> 
> 	And of course at things would go in my life, I get
> a call from a 
> recruiter to work at a telecom form in Berwyn PA
> (close to Philly), so 
> then I'm traveling between the two places all the
> time... not that I'm 
> complaining, but boy does my life tend to remain
> hectic.  Sheesh.
> 
> 	-Andy
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