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Fire Extinguisher...get one!

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by novataco, Aug 18, 2012.

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  1. Aug 18, 2012 at 7:59 PM
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    I keep a mine under my seat, next to my maglite

    during the dry season tourists like to throw their cig butts into dry pastures and start fires...Luckily, I havent needed to use it to help someone in a life threatening situation.
     
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  2. Aug 18, 2012 at 8:20 PM
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    It doesn't help that without a roll cage there isn't a whole lot of points to mount one that's reachable by a strapped in driver. In between the drivers seat and door seems like a great spot, but if you try to pull it out with the door closed it's trapped by the shape of the body panels and the seat controls. On the dash will block vision, on the floor in front of the drivers seat is no good if the steering wheel is in your lap. When your seatbelt is locked reaching in the passenger footwell is just as far away as behind the drivers seat. The two best spots I can reach with the seatbelt tight is if I attached it behind the center console and (believe it or not) behind the drivers seat where I mounted it.
     
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  3. Aug 18, 2012 at 8:23 PM
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  4. Aug 18, 2012 at 9:16 PM
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    If concerned for your own safety they do make fire suppression systems you can mount yourself. Place a couple nozzles in the cabin and a couple under the hood or whatever. You hit or pull a button and it'll set off.

    Also, if you're intending to possibly use this on a person in an enclosed cab might be best to get halon or something vs dry chem. I don't know if you've ever been in an enclosed area after setting off a dry chem extinguisher but it's not somewhere you want to be.

    I carry a very small ABC in the large bed cubby, I've always been concerned with giving ammo to would be thugs and that I'd find my extinguisher on the floor of my truck with my radio etc... gone so I've never wanted to mount a larger one in the bed. Maybe that's a bad excuse ? :/
     
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  5. Aug 18, 2012 at 9:20 PM
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  6. Aug 18, 2012 at 9:34 PM
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    How do the new generation of extinguishes handle heat/cold extremes? My cabin can easily get to 105+ or higher if parked in the sun and easily 5 below on a cold day (it's an outside vehicle).

    Thanks
     
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  7. Aug 18, 2012 at 9:44 PM
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    per a distributor/manufacturer
     
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  8. Aug 18, 2012 at 9:45 PM
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    Also, I wouldn't use a cheesy mount inside the cab. Nothing like a 2.5 lbs missile in the event of a wreck etc...
     
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  9. Aug 18, 2012 at 10:08 PM
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    Halon is good, but it's also around $180 for a 5B,C extinguisher vs $35 for a 5B,C loaded with dry chemical (also known as baking soda).

    I read his article earlier and I get his argument, but his priority is protecting his investment (you'll note that his fire suppression system doesn't have a line to spray down the driver).
     
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  10. Aug 18, 2012 at 10:13 PM
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    Yeah...
    I guess for the cost and how unlikely it is you'll ever need to use it to rescue someone from a cab it's probably not worth it but I hate coughing and choking on that dry chem shit. I'd be thankful if I were saved and not burned but... I'd still be pretty pissed off to eat all that dry chem. :p

    If I went with a suppression system I'd most certainly have one in the cab and one under the hood. More of a safety thing for me. Then again I must not be that concerned because I only carry the small ABC dry chem in the bed.
     
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  11. Aug 18, 2012 at 11:57 PM
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    Nice, where did you get that amber light?
     
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  12. Aug 19, 2012 at 12:02 AM
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  13. Aug 19, 2012 at 12:27 AM
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    Is that on a quick disconnect or something? Cause I think it may be hard to get those hose clamps off in an emergency situation, let alone someone else not being able to get it if needed. Imo
     
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  14. Aug 19, 2012 at 12:30 AM
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    Yeah it has a pin.
     
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  15. Aug 19, 2012 at 7:00 AM
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    Ok, i'm sold on adding an extinguisher in my dc...where do you guys recommend buying?
     
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  16. Aug 19, 2012 at 7:28 AM
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  17. Aug 19, 2012 at 7:40 AM
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    With an injured person in the vehicle, you obviously don't want to be yanking it around with a snatch strap. Use a rope/chain to gently move the vehicle. In a fire situation, I'd select a metal chain or cable.

    Anyway, my fire extinguisher sits in the top tray of by bed's toolbox, along with a fully equipped first responder kit and road warning devices. The front winch on my truck can also be deployed quickly in such situations.
     
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  18. Aug 19, 2012 at 8:00 AM
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    As others have mentioned, I prefer to have mine outside of the truck, in the bed, on the driver side. If your vehicle catches fire, or another vehicle is on fire, the first reaction is to get out of the burning vehicle, or get to the one burning and offer aid ASAP. Having to fumble around in the cab (I say "fumble", as you will be under stress, and fumbling), can cause you to loose seconds. Easy access, and on the outside of the vehicle is my prefered carry:

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  19. Aug 19, 2012 at 8:32 AM
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    Props to the OP, and props to all the great info sharing. Halon would be great if money wasn't an issue. So dry chem will of course suite the need of most. I may be wrong but you should regularly check the extinguisher for leaks and holding pressure. That is what we do in the clinical enviroment with big extingushers.
     
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  20. Aug 19, 2012 at 8:37 AM
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    This is a ten pound ABC dry chem, it has a run time of 28 seconds, better safe than sorry.[​IMG]
     
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