Re: [DML] Re:Put a fire-extinguisher in your car!

["doctor who" <ohwrd@xxxx>]

as a volunteer firefighter I feel obligated to tell you that the proper 
technique for exstinguishing a engine fire is only to raise the engine 
accees cover only as far as it takes to get the nozzle in.
1.becuase you want to smother the fire and you cannot of you have chemical 
spraying all over the place and two because the engines do run on gas if an 
explosion were to happen it will *hopefully* keep the flying metal from 
frepe your head.

i reccomend powder exstinguisher over C02, one because the Co2 takes a 
rather large cannister to be effective and two the powder is a retardent. 
It's a f'in mess but it is efficient for the smaller car sizes 
extinguishers.

hope that helps,
dr c.

From: "Stian Birkeland" <dmc_norway@xxxx>
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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:01:42 GMT

One more thing - here in Norway you get cheaper insurance if you have a fire
extinguisher present in your classic car! And this of course is the case for
our beloved DeLorean! :)