Another SOB disaster (fire)

[Rob Robinson]

My bird has an engine compartment fire alarm and previous owner put a Halon
extinguisher on board. I added, two ten pound Kidde foam and dry chem. I
think a fitted Halon system in the engine compartment would be the answer.


On 14/07/07, Terry Neal wrote:
>
> Gee Don,
>
> Those folks are real lucky to be alive. I saw a similar fire a couple
> of weeks ago on I90. Was going home to Bozeman in the evening & a
> church group bus (I think it was an MCI 9) caught fire in the rear
> engine compartment. Everyone got out ok but the bus basically just
> melted into the pavement on the Interstate. Fire dept. trucks tried to
> put it out with foam but it was too far gone by the time they got there.
>
> Makes a person want to think about some sort of heat alarm system for
> the back end? Possibly along with a Halon type extinguisher system?
> Maybe include a camera in that compartment too? By the time you get one
> of these stopped, it's probably going to be too late to do much with the
> small extinguishers most of us carry anyway.
>
> Thanks for sharing this with the group.
>
> Terry Neal
> Bozeman, MT
> 82PT40 6V92TA
> 74FC34 6V53T
>
> Don Bradner wrote:
>
> > One of the Motosat dealers who is a long-time member of my
> > (DatastormUsers.com) forums lost a 42-foot Safari Panther to fire
> > yesterday. We haven't heard from him yet, but this is a link to the
> > story: http://www.katu.com/news/local/8496952.html
> > <http://www.katu.com/news/local/8496952.html>
> >
> > Don Bradner
> > 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> > Eureka, CA
> >
> >
>
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Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
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