We have been taking classes from Mac McCoy about fire safety since before we ever bought our first motorhome. Mac taught classes at the Life on Wheels seminars for many years and teaches for FMCA (Family Motor Coach Association). I've been to at least five of his classes (and Forry's probably been to seven) and while much of it is reminders of stuff we've heard before, we always manage to learn something new. Mac is VERY safety conscious -- and probably partly because of him, so are we.
Mac travels around the country to various RV rallies, giving seminars and selling foam fire extinguishers. His classes are always very hands on with demonstrations of fires and how to put them out. He's the guy who first convinced us to use foam fire extinguishers instead of dry chemical ones. Not only do they smother, cool and put out fires without any toxic powders or residue, they don't become outdated!
Mac was here at the Desert Rat Rally X today giving one of his seminars and demonstrations. There was the usual large crowd on hand with a lot of discussion about getting out of the motorhome exit windows. Fortunately, the ones on our coach are quite large. But we still need to practice doing it a time or two -- especially the one in the bedroom.
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