Another SOB disaster (fire)

[trekkersmith1]

Ernie,
As it says in the article, 2 minutes and the rig was totally
engulfed. 13 minutes and it was totally gone. Fire thought to have
started in the engine compartment. They are in Boise now, trying to
get their lives back in order. Full timers with a high ticket
business installing satellite equipment, they had their inventory
with them. They got their bodies safe,

Gary
SOB
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, erniecarpet@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 7/14/2007 6:01:09 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> gl_smith@... writes:
>
> Gary
> SOB, and a friend of the owner of the fire destroyed Safari
>
>
> Gary, your friends were sooooo lucky to get out of that inferno. I
wonder
> what was the cause?
>
> Ernie Ekberg
> 83PT40
> Livingston, Mt
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[Rob Robinson]

Terry my manual says "This red light with the word FIRE will come on when
signaled by over temperature sensors in the engine compartment."

On 14/07/07, Terry Neal wrote:
>
> Like the idea of Halon back there Rob. You should have a mostly
> enclosed area (airtight) for Halon to be real effective as it removes
> most of the O2 from the atmosphere to kill a fire. Do you have any info
> on the alarm itself? Heat activated or smoke or both. My DDA would
> probably set it off every time I started it if it triggered by smoke!
>
> Terry Neal
> Bozeman, MT
> 82PT40 6V92TA
> 74FC34 6V53T
>
> Rob Robinson wrote:
>
> > 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
> > 40mountainrovers.com>> 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>
> > > > <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
> > 94 WLWB
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--
Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
94 WLWB


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[Bob Lawrence]

I believe Halon isn't available anymore.
I am thinking of the same thing to put in my engine compartment and
went to West Marine to see what they have.
They have several automatic systems that will go off at a preset temp
and also several systems that have any alarm and you can manually set
them off.
I am looking at getting two systems, one for each side of the engine.

Bob Lawrence
84 PT36
TAcoma, Wa.

>
> 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
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Eureka, CA
>

[truitt44@...>]

Bob,
Would you think the fan for the radiator blowing across the engine would blow
away most of the fire extinguishers retardant.
Howard T., Sowega, 86 PT40
>
> From: "Bob Lawrence"
> Date: 2007/07/15 Sun PM 10:50:44 EDT
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Another SOB disaster (fire)
>
> I believe Halon isn't available anymore.
> I am thinking of the same thing to put in my engine compartment and
> went to West Marine to see what they have.
> They have several automatic systems that will go off at a preset temp
> and also several systems that have any alarm and you can manually set
> them off.
> I am looking at getting two systems, one for each side of the engine.
>
> Bob Lawrence
> 84 PT36
> TAcoma, Wa.
>
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Don Bradner
> > 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> > Eureka, CA
> >
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