@BillFlowerpot In the first photo you attached, I'm not sure what the problem is. You're correct about Open for Business, and I'm guessing the second answer is supposed to not have quotes. In the second screenshot, that looks like standard captcha. Usually though, if you get one of the photos wrong, it lets you keep trying.
At any rate, you certainly don't need to register to download a mod. Above the description of the mod and below the pictures, you'll see the tabs for Description, Files, Related Uploads, and Comments. The mod files are under Files. There's also a warning to download just one copy.
However, this mod hasn't been updated since 2009, so I'm not sure you want to use it. First of all, it doesn't cover all objects in the game—in the comments, people for example report that the inventing and sculpting stations aren't covered, nor is the fallout from meteors. (Even birthday cakes are apparently not covered.) Also, one person reported that it made the game lag, which would be unsurprising for such an old mod.
There may be a better mod available, or a more efficient approach. If my goal were to end all fires in my active house, I'd buy the Fireproof Homestead lifetime reward, for what I believe is 30,000 points. If my sims didn't have the points, I'd use NRaas MasterController to grant the points, then buy the reward. You wouldn't need an account to download from NRaas either, but then again MasterController has a lot more commands to sort through than a standalone tuning mod like the fire one.
There may be other good approaches as well that I don't know about. Of course, being able to ask about mods means creating an account, either at Mod the Sims or at NRaas. I remember the NRaas site being easy to handle, although there was again one question that I had to answer. You could also ask on the official Sims forums, either in your own thread or in the one for new members. People there will know whether certain mods work with the latest patches and whether they might cause unintended side effects.
Thank you puzzlezadict. Your latest was a great help. With the notes you posted I grew emboldened and clicked where I would not have clicked before. I checked out my first choice 'the one that should stop fires'. but it is no better than upgrading, so I have given that one a miss. As for birthday cake I have not used one since I learned of Testingcheatsenebled True & Shift+Click. I am currently playing with 'Ambitions' in my selection and have the 'Fireproof Homestead lifetime reward' Unfortunately as far as I know this is only available with 'Ambitions'. Although it was frustrating to not be able to register an account with 'Modthesims' I now put this down to serendipity and take it as a lucky escape. I now have two mods in my game 1, to prevent autonomous computer gaming, and 2, to prevent autonomous computer web browsing. I followed the link you posted and felt lost. I found nothing more recent than 2016 and the search did not help me. Nonetheless thanks again from BillFlowerpot.
@BillFlowerpot I'm glad you found a couple of mods that work for you. Just so you know, the thread I linked is 101 pages long. Here's the newest page, with posts from a few days ago:
The reason I linked it is that while I know a reasonable amount about mods, I'm not familiar with everything that's out there, so I'm not the right person to ask if you're looking for a specific mod. But there are people on that site who have an extensive knowledge base, both when it comes to which mods are available (and work correctly) and what can be accomplished with mods in general. Plus, I can't link specific downloads here—it's against this site's rules—but that's not true of the officail Sims forums.
Genuflections to you Puzzlezadict. I followed the link you posted and realised that the format was not the same as it is for these pages (latest first), but the opposite. In my previous excursion I was looking at pages 1 onward. I have posted a related question about mods. Tar Everso
