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02-03-2010, 11:18 AM
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What's the stuff in fire extinguisher made of...
A neighbor of mine carried a small fire extinguisher in the back seat of his truck. It went off accidentally while he was taking a sharp curve and before he could stop it, it emptied itself out covering the whole inside of his vehicle with thick white powder and making him look like a Snow White in no time... it's kind of funny but could have ended in a disaster - glad he was not hurt.
Since he was covered head to toe, makes me wonder if there are any health concerns he should be aware of....?! James
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02-03-2010, 12:35 PM
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We do fire training at work and there's usually clouds of the fire retardant powder hanging in the air.
I'm pretty sure that I don't want to be breathing it for extended periods but I don't think it's actually toxic...
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02-03-2010, 12:39 PM
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the safety pin must have been pulled off or something since FE's are not meant to expell the retardent unless neccessary
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#4
02-03-2010, 01:02 PM
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Most fire extinguishers have Ammonium phosphate in them at least the ABC type of extinguishers. B and C type have Sodium Bicarbonate in them.
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02-03-2010, 07:28 PM
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02-03-2010, 10:06 PM
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I have a Halon fire extinguisher in the car. Thoughts about covering the interior or the engine compartment with the powder didn't seem to good. Halon is expensive. A CO2 extinguisher would be a good choice but they are big and heavy.
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#8
02-03-2010, 10:08 PM
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Its dehydrated water.
to fight a fire, toss the powder in and just add water !
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02-04-2010, 08:57 AM
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So the real question is, was it an ABC type or just a BC? BC would be the better choice. of course, if it was an old VW bug, he should have had an ABCD type. D is for flameable metals. many years ago was on the fire department and had training on using different fire extinguishers. They basically told us if it is a class D fire in a VW, if no class D is available, just get out a shovel and start heaping DIRT on it!
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02-04-2010, 04:53 PM
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