Serious question. How come fire extinguishers are behind glass that has to be broken in order to access them? Why would the makers of fire extinguishers want a barrier between the fire extinguisher and the person who wants to use it to put out a fire? It doesn't make sense to me. Is that glass hard to break? Sometimes when I watch RW cooking his oatmeal in the staffroom microwave I look at the fire extinguisher on the wall and wonder if I will cut myself when I break the glass.



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