>Don’t plan on using candles if you’ve got rambunctious pets or children.
Let's face it nobody should be using candles at this point. It's 2021, led flashlights have insane run times nightstick 5422G intrinsically safe flashlight my preferred model due to having a few from my days in the oil industry. Can be used in hazardous environments, ie during gas leak without fear of generating a spark. I've accidently left them run for 24Hrs and still had useful light from 3 AA batteries. Was it blindly bright still... No, but still used it for a long while without issue.
>Educate everyone you know, over and over, about downed power lines
Step distance potential from distribution lines is not too be underestimated. Don't go anywhere near a downed line.
>candles
Honestly, even if you live alone without kids and pets ditch the candles. There are plenty of quality LED lanterns and flashlights.
https://www.amazon.com/Nightstick-XPP-5422G-Intrinsically-Permissible-Dual-Light/dp/B007RKKERA/
Is my preferred flashlight, works like a normal flashlight and also has a second light that you can stand it up right and use it in electrical panels. I've accidentally left this thing on in my work bag for 24 hours with minimal degradation of light output. And it runs off three AAs.
I also have a couple different flashlights for my 18 volt tool set. All the manufacturers make some kind of light.
Highly recommend making sure you have a fire extinguisher smoke detector and Co alarm even if you're not using candles because shit happens.
If intrinsically safe torches are important at your work, I'd recommend the Pelican Nightstick
It's all we use at work, but all tooling here is work provided (military tool control rules). Hi-vis casing so it stands out if you drop it. Handy dandy wrist lanyard and belt clip. Plus it has a second LED on the underside. The main lamp is quite a bright, focused beam, while the bottom one a wider spread. I use the bottom on regularly, for example by clipping the torch to my chest so the bottom light shines outwards, or by standing the torch up and letting it shine out as a very easy to position inspection lamp.
I've heard good things about the Streamlight Survivor, but I've only really used corded cap lamps like Koehler wheatlamps on hardhats with a bracket, and not for structural firefighting. The Nightstick XPP-5442G also looks good, and when I had the chance to play with it, beat it up, it held up well. (http://www.amazon.com/Nightstick-XPP-5422G-Intrinsically-Permissible-Dual-Light/dp/B007RKKERA/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1426760247&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=nightsick)
Mining style cap lamps are great in that they've got a really long life, tough as fuck, they're all intrinsically safe, but they generally need a bracket, and are intended more for work. They'll fall off too easily, but they've got a cord so they won't go far...but they can also get caught on things. And the battery needs to be mounted on a belt, and they're usually rechargeable rather than able to take a fistfull of AAs. They'll cut through smoke decently if held low.
Other accessories include a halo (reflective elastic band) with a can of dip stuck in it. One of the guys on our team used a gopro in a recent training exercise underground at a mine in smoke, fire, climbing through rock and it held up really well.
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