Thanks Paul...
Very informative....
Kat
Paul Cezanne wrote:
>
> At 8:18 AM -0400 6/16/00, Kat Bryce wrote:
> >As someone who has had exactly 0 lessons or experience in using a fire
> >extinguisher. How exactly should one put out an engine that is on fire?
>
> The best way is to contact the road racing part of your region, or
> the region next to you, or next to that and ask when the next fire
> safety school is being put on. Attend that. Practice with live
> fires is always the best. A decent region will let anyone in who is
> a member of SCCA. The last time I attended a NER fire school they
> contacted the solo II and rally programs and explicitly invited
> interested people to attend.
>
> With that in mind, remember these rules (which are for powders, the
> others are probably similar)
>
> 1) pull the pin (and impress the fire rescue people by putting it in
> your pocket so it can be reused!) and hold the extinguisher upright
> 2) shoot bursts not a continuous stream. This lets you evaluate the
> effectiveness of your efforts
> 3) Shoot at the base of the fire
> 4) shoot through the grill, fender holes, etc, before popping the hood
> 5) have the driver (who is wearing nomex) pop the hood, cover the
> driver while they do this in case it suddenly flares up. (I had a
> driver REFUSE to pop the hood on his car, he wanted me to do it, I
> told him no way.)
> 6) if you are caught with fire all around you, point it at your feet
> and shoot some bursts and get away from there
> 7) Know your surroundings, a lot a smoke can happen and drop visibility to
>zero
> 8) backup your co workers, if one has a fire bottle on th scene, RUN
> and get another one, don't sit around watching. If the bottle fails
> or runs out, you'll be glad you did. Practice running with a bottle
> before your first fire. I like the football carry, others like the 2
> handed baby carry.
> 9) if it is a big one, rescue the driver, not the car, see #6
> 10) wear nomex gloves, cotton clothing, leather or canvas shoes
> --
> pZ -- Paul Cezanne (formerly Czarnecki)
>
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