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Fire Extinguishers... Are there any standards?


Guitar_Guy

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Looking at fitting a fire extinguisher in my car in case I do end up taking it

On the track at some point, also because they are just good to have.

Supercheap currently have 1kg jobbies for about $20 at the moment

Including a metal fitting bracket.

Will this be up to track standard or do I need something more specific?

Thanks!

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I interpreted normal seated position to be when your strapped in. However, may not be the case.

There are other requirements too around them, but the ones I linked to meet these requirements.How they should be installed in the car as below.

Mounting / Location: Extinguishers shall be installed in accordance with the following:

(a) For hand-held extinguishers, a metal retaining system incorporating a quick

release metal strap/s shall be fitted (a minimum of two(2) quick-release metal

straps shall be required from 1 January 2013), secured to the structure of the

vehicle by a minimum of two(2) self locking ISO 8.8 M6 bolts with panel washers.

All hand-held extinguishers shall be positioned within easy reach of the

occupant/s while in their normally seated position (not mandatory for Single

Seater vehicles)

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There are also requirements such as the type and gauge etc. I highly recommend you always just look directly at the live MSNZ Schedule A for stuff like this. What's quoted here or on other sites may be completely wrong in six months (for example the strap change).

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Yep I would say if you're even a little bit on fire on the track get the f*ck out of the car and let the marshals deal to it with their 8kg or whatever extinguisher.

If I had the choice of taking 5 seconds to get out of a harness or 5 seconds to get an extinguisher out of it's bracket I'd be out the door and doing my best Dr. Zoidberg across the infield.

Cars can be replaced, skin is quite a bit harder.

Plus if there's actually fire in the cabin something has gone badly, badly wrong and a 1kg extinguisher ain't saving **** at that point.

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