Automotive fire extingusher
01-24-2016, 09:28 PM
#21
01-24-2016, 09:33 PM
#22
King Hater
I see where the train got derailed. I got you and the op confused after you replied to my comment about the water can. I was using mobile.
01-24-2016, 10:02 PM
#23
Senior Member
Today someone at Costco knocked down an extinguisher, which exploded or something. Covered half the store in a cloud and most of the checkout area floor in the chemicals. Lovely time. I wasn't close enough to see, I wonder what the perpetrator looked like. Or the nearby products for sale. Saw a couch that looked to be changing from dark brown to white, but didn't look too much more. Just wanted to leave at that point.
01-24-2016, 11:43 PM
#24
FX4RoadWarrior
Man I've used ABC fire extinguishers at work and they suck to clean up. That powder gets everywhere.
Honestly if my truck caught on fire I'd calmly call the non-emergency fire department number and than cool and collectively call the insurance company.
Then I'd start shopping for a new truck.
My bet is most road fires are junkers and vehicles where somebody didn't know what they were doing wiring something up.
I'd only store a fire extinguisher on a vehicle used for work. Or a boat.
Daily driver just seems like a waste.
Honestly if my truck caught on fire I'd calmly call the non-emergency fire department number and than cool and collectively call the insurance company.
Then I'd start shopping for a new truck.
My bet is most road fires are junkers and vehicles where somebody didn't know what they were doing wiring something up.
I'd only store a fire extinguisher on a vehicle used for work. Or a boat.
Daily driver just seems like a waste.
01-25-2016, 10:57 AM
#25
Senior Member
^ beat me to it... let the fu**er burn down, go to the nearest bar, have a cold one and call 911...
we had 10 lb fire extinguishers at work, just a bracket bolted in the box. if you're worried about theft, then inside is best, but then, the rear doors don't auto-unlock, you start panicking, can't reach the extinguisher, the wife goes crazy, etc... you're better off walking away from it
we had 10 lb fire extinguishers at work, just a bracket bolted in the box. if you're worried about theft, then inside is best, but then, the rear doors don't auto-unlock, you start panicking, can't reach the extinguisher, the wife goes crazy, etc... you're better off walking away from it
01-25-2016, 11:32 AM
#26
Senior Member
You may be able to control a very small fire with an extinguisher, but from my experience, by the time the FD arrives a vehicle is usually a total loss. Especially on major highways where response is confirmed by PD then the FD is notified, response time is usually delayed.
01-25-2016, 11:41 AM
#27
Senior Member
I threw a small extinguisher into the little cubby hole under the back seat of the Screw. Thankfully have not needed it yet, but it makes me feel better knowing its there.
01-25-2016, 12:23 PM
#28
Senior Member
I have a 2 1/2 lb halon. it costs more than a dry powder one but with halon, there's no cleanup afterward. Halon works by altering the molecular makeup of the fire and extinguishes it that way instead of smothering the flame.
In my fire extinguisher training, a short burst of halon put out a 5 gallon gasoline fire dead in its tracks.
I keep on in the plane cockpit due to its efficiency, and the dry powder clings to the inside of all the Plexiglas windows and windshield making a successful landing difficult.
In my fire extinguisher training, a short burst of halon put out a 5 gallon gasoline fire dead in its tracks.
I keep on in the plane cockpit due to its efficiency, and the dry powder clings to the inside of all the Plexiglas windows and windshield making a successful landing difficult.
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01-25-2016, 05:45 PM
#30
Senior Member