As the vice chairperson of the Coastal Canyon Fire Safe Council in San Diego, fire safety is very important to me. I was looking for an easier option for my kitchen. A fire extinguisher is always good, but they have to recharged and the expire. The blanket, doesn't expire, need recharging and is fail proof. I have purchased one for our main house, guest house, and grown daughters' apartments. We live in a wildfire prone area, and when we we evacuate, the fire blanket will go with us in the ...