r/Firefighting • u/wonderful_exile238 • May 08 '23

Videos WATCH: Firefighters full PPE saves them during flash reignition. The article I saw this video in says ALL VEHICLE FIRES ARE CLASS B. What are your thoughts?

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u/wonderful_exile238 May 08 '23

You guys don't have like 150lb CO2 extinguishers on wheels or something?

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u/XU-berant May 08 '23

That’s way bigger than any conventional fire apparatus would carry…and for a thermal runaway fire event at the scale of a car, I doubt that would even be enough as you aren’t able to capture the CO2 and fire in an enclosed space or controlled atmosphere. EV fires are hard and dangerous.

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u/wonderful_exile238 May 08 '23

Oh shit. I thought the 150lb extinguishers are the ones you have connected to the back of the truck? I know where I'm from every truck has a massive extinguisher, but I couldn't comment on the rating or size.

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u/XU-berant May 08 '23

Even if more widely available, doubt that 150 is enough for a lot of these incidents.

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u/wonderful_exile238 May 08 '23

Damn okay. Interesting