| Fire [message #326770] |
Tue, 05 December 2017 18:06  |
tphipps
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Location: Spanish Fort, AL
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Everyone's fun subject - Fire!
Returning from a small trip today, we saw a UPS truck that had it's driver side inner tire just merrily blazing away. Looked like the rear brake locked up to the drum and the massive heat eventually set the inner tire on fire.
We stopped, all my vehicles have fire extinguishers inside. GMC had five. One attempted helper had completely exhausted his typical A-B-C fire extinguisher without affecting the fire and it's progress.
I pulled out my Kiddie B-C fire extinguisher and it extinguished the fire very quickly. I was amazed.
Saved someone's Christmas.
Lesson is have the correct type of extinguisher for the fire you plan on fighting. The B-C type actually lowers the fire temp which helps to put it out. Marine fire extinguishers are very good for vehicle fires.
Tom, time to buy another B-C type
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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| Re: Fire [message #326780 is a reply to message #326770] |
Tue, 05 December 2017 22:08  |
GeorgeRud
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Location: Chicago, IL
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Great job in helping prevent a worse fire! Check your Kidde fire extinguishers as many have been recalled. The Kidde website has all the affected models listed. We had one in our home kitchen that we bought in 1980, and it was replaced with a new one under the recall.
George Rudawsky
Chicago, IL
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fire [message #326781 is a reply to message #326780] |
Tue, 05 December 2017 22:31 |
jimk
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I'll say again that there are differances in the extinguishers.
On areas where there are wires, it is imparative to have the ones that will
not cause corrosion.
We had one coach pulled in and since he had the Fire Fight unit we sold
him, the repairs were done with minimal labor. The Insurance claim adjuster
was surprised at how little the bill was.
On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 8:08 PM, George Rudawsky
wrote:
> Great job in helping prevent a worse fire! Check your Kidde fire
> extinguishers as many have been recalled. The Kidde website has all the
> affected
> models listed. We had one in our home kitchen that we bought in 1980, and
> it was replaced with a new one under the recall.
> --
> George Rudawsky
> Chicago, IL
> 75 Palm Beach
>
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| Re: Fire [message #326786 is a reply to message #326770] |
Wed, 06 December 2017 00:23 |
Ken Burton
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Tom,
Those Kidde fire extinguishers are rechargable. All that is in them is 94% to 97% water, 3% to 6% AFFF or AR-AFFF concentrate and air pressure. The local fire extinguisher place here uses nitrogen. Sometimes they also add antifreeze in place of some of the water. I believe the Kidde was originally charged with 20%. I could be wrong on the percentage.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: Fire [message #326837 is a reply to message #326772] |
Thu, 07 December 2017 09:25 |
Ray Erspamer
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Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin
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Great information. Thanks for sharing. I will be checking what type of extinguisher I have.
Ray Erspamer
78 GMC Royale Center Kitchen
403, 3.70 Final Drive
Holley Sniper Quadrajet EFI System,
Holley Hyperspark Ignition System
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