At 7:08 PM -0500 6/16/00, Williams wrote:
>As far as I know, you "usually" do not want to open the hood. That would
>only allow more oxygen to reach the fire. Heat rises, so I've always been
>told to blow the extinguisher under the fender and let the flow suck the
>retardent up onto the fire.
>IS THAT CORRECT????
>I really want to know.
This, that is precisely correct.
The only time you want to open the hood is when going in through the
grill or fender just doesn't work. I had a GT3 Sicrroco pull off at
my station pumping flames out the vents in front of the windshield.
I knocked it down several times both through the fender and through
those vents. It kept coming back up. The driver looked at me and
pointed to the hood latches, I nodded yes and covered him, he popped
it (with his nomex on and visor down) and one quick zap on the carbs
and it went out for good.
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