Fire Extinguishers!
I was reading a thread on another forum regarding fire extinguishers and it made me think that I've rarely seen the topic on RV forums. Of course, when we buy an RV, it comes with a fire extinguisher ...
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Dtank wrote:schlep1967 wrote:jake2250 wrote:
If you had searched for this topic, you would have seen it has been disused,,,more than once..
So tell me Jake, do you do a search for every item you post about?
If you did you would have probably searched about people telling others to do a search and found out that was already covered in another post.
Actually some of us do.
There are often links, etc. in previous posts - and/or former posters who don't repeat their info.
Anyway, OP - a search is a good thing.....and visit Mac The Fire Guy's site.
Excellent source for RV extinguisher applications, info - and he frequently gives presentations and demos at many RV rallies, etc.
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Since there was another similar thread running, here's the links -
Mac McCoy "Mac The Fire Guy"
"Fire Suppression" from Jack Mayer's site
BTW -
IMO as 30 yr paid FF:
More expensive, but a good CO2, AFFF, or automatic halon (for enclosed compts) are superior to dry chem.
A 1 1/2 gal pressurized water/AFFF is an outstanding extinguisher, which *you* can refill yourself.
Of course -
Priority one is:
Smoke, CO, and propane detectors. The propane detector should be at *floor* level.
Priority two is:
Know how to exit your RV when alerted by the above, and do so.
Priority three is:
Dial 911 - even if you're out in the boonies (never know when/if the fire lads might happen to be close, even if their station is not).
Priority four is:
Then decide if you should attempt to extinguish the fire, and/or shut off propane at tanks, etc.
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