Snowmobile fire - fire extinguishers?

MAXUM · 12-29-2017, 10:30 AM

I've run across several sled fires on the trails over the years, it's just as easy and if you think about it equally as dangerous to throw snow on them as it is to try to use a fire extinguisher on them.

Thing is a fire extinguisher is bulky to carry for starters and in a crash situation depending on where it is could be ruptured and that could be dangerous let alone explosive as well.

ApS · 01-19-2018, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by MAXUM

I've run across several sled fires on the trails over the years, it's just as easy and if you think about it equally as dangerous to throw snow on them as it is to try to use a fire extinguisher on them. Thing is a fire extinguisher is bulky to carry for starters and in a crash situation depending on where it is could be ruptured and that could be dangerous let alone explosive as well.

As posted 12 years ago here, I've personally put out two vehicle fires. (And carry the extinguisher on the car's floor, just ahead of the passenger's seat).

If you've got one that's about to expire, practice spraying on an existing outdoor fire. They're surprisingly effective—just aim at the base of the flames.

A recent NH fire incident had a paramedic soak a trapped driver using a 2-liter bottle of Coca-Cola—shaken.

(Quite possibly saving her life).

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12-29-2017, 10:30 AM	#1
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	I've run across several sled fires on the trails over the years, it's just as easy and if you think about it equally as dangerous to throw snow on them as it is to try to use a fire extinguisher on them. Thing is a fire extinguisher is bulky to carry for starters and in a crash situation depending on where it is could be ruptured and that could be dangerous let alone explosive as well.