A very worth while read posted on Homeland Security Watch.
Report after the Link:
In a bizarre story out of Denver, Safeway employee, Michael Julius Ford, spent the last 72 minutes of his life hunting co-workers and setting fires. With the threat of being killed, other Safeway employees used extinguishers to put out the fires.
"Denver fire Lt. Phil Champagne said several fires that were set Sunday were in large rolls of paper and in between piles of bulk dry goods. The warehouse sprinkler system kicked on and put the flames out.
Bangkok - Fire extinguishers have become the latest lethal weapon in the militants’ arsenal in Thailand’s troubled deep South. On May 9, a mobile phone was used to detonate a fire extinguisher bomb exploded in Narathiwat, the ninth such device to be used there in recent weeks.
After a "suspicious" passenger left the lavatory of the plane, an alert flight attendant noticed a fire extinguisher was out of place and notified the pilots. The plane was diverted as a safety measure.
Fire extinguishers have been used as improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so this flight attendant was wise to call attention to it.
One way to immediately know if your extinguishers have been removed, depressurized or blocked is to monitor them with en-Gauge.
A man with a history of creating pipe bombs is suspected of leaving another bomb -- this time in a fire extinguisher -- in his car.
The car had been in the police impound lot before being picked up by family. There's a question whether the car had been searched by police before being released.
It's easy to overlook what appears to be a safety device but in reality has been transformed into a dangerous and life-threatening weapon. That's why many facilities have chosen to electronically monitor their fire extinguishers so they know where they are 24/7.
