Fire Extinguisher - what to buy? Where?

[george graves]

Talk to me goose. Looking for garage unit. But I do wonder if anyone carries one in their car for emergencies.

[M-technik-3]

I have a larger 25 lb Halon for the garage. Got it from work in a DRMO sale. It was too old for service for Uncle Sam. It is rechargeable but I doubt I can get it refilled due to Halon is on the No-No material.

The M3's have OEM dry powder units mounted to the driver's seats. I had a third but had to use it in an emergency in my garage a few years back. Trying to get it refilled at local Fire Extinguisher company.

For Home/Garage use I would get a larger one at Home Depot/Lowes.

[BlackSpeed66]

I keep one in each car - I think the brand is called "Kidde" - you can find the smaller ones at Advance or Autozone. Larger one for the garage you can find at Lowe's/Home Depot. Seeing too many vehicle fires working insurance claims has made me paranoid, haha. Hell, I actually had to use mine on the e34 when the blower motor caught the cabin filter on fire (mouse nest, long story...)

[nando]

I got one of those two pack deals at Costco. have one in the kitchen and one in the garage. I don't do crazy shit in there so I don't think I need a giant one.

I once caught my uncles basement on fire fixing a pipe he'd repaired using a bike tire or something. I was using a propane torch to put a proper splice in, and caught a little bit of a spiderweb (oh, there were spiderwebs, tons and TONS of spiderwebs - that shits like gasoline!). ran up stairs and grabbed my extinguisher to put it out before it spread... there weren't any more spiders, so I wasn't too upset. :p

He's lucky I had my own because I'm pretty sure he didn't have one. and yeah, burned spiderwebs do not smell nice either..

[Steven]

Is there a bracket you can get for e30s? Or should I make my own?

[M-technik-3]

Is there a bracket you can get for e30s? Or should I make my own?

Factory sold a oem unit. Dry Chemical

[15Michaeljoseph]

I'm looking for something like this myself. I keep mine in the trunk wedged up next to the jack


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[SubDad]

I've got 2 dry chemical extinguishers in the garage, one big one (10 pound?) near the small door and one 2 pound lying around to keep at hand. I've got a 2 pound in the trunk.
Fire extinguishers are for helping you to run away. They're not for putting out the fire and going back to work, though I've, umm, done that. Fuel injection systems are pressurized and incandescent bulbs smash when you drop them. ;)

A fireman friend of mine said that if you've got a fire under the hood then possibly the last thing you'll ever do is to pop the hood and open it.
Ignition off, run away. Go back and pop the hood if you're feeling brave. If there's no fire ball and you're not dead then discharge the extinguisher through the small gaps at the edge of the hood. I propose to stand well back and take crappy cell pictures. :popcorn:

[15Michaeljoseph]

I've got 2 dry chemical extinguishers in the garage, one big one (10 pound?) near the small door and one 2 pound lying around to keep at hand. I've got a 2 pound in the trunk.
Fire extinguishers are for helping you to run away. They're not for putting out the fire and going back to work, though I've, umm, done that. Fuel injection systems are pressurized and incandescent bulbs smash when you drop them. ;)

A fireman friend of mine said that if you've got a fire under the hood then possibly the last thing you'll ever do is to pop the hood and open it.
Ignition off, run away. Go back and pop the hood if you're feeling brave. If there's no fire ball and you're not dead then discharge the extinguisher through the small gaps at the edge of the hood. I propose to stand well back and take crappy cell pictures. :popcorn:

IDK man as long as 'I'm not dead' I'm gonna save the e30 😉


--sent from my igloo via carrier penguin

[nando]

I've got 2 dry chemical extinguishers in the garage, one big one (10 pound?) near the small door and one 2 pound lying around to keep at hand. I've got a 2 pound in the trunk.
Fire extinguishers are for helping you to run away. They're not for putting out the fire and going back to work, though I've, umm, done that. Fuel injection systems are pressurized and incandescent bulbs smash when you drop them. ;)

A fireman friend of mine said that if you've got a fire under the hood then possibly the last thing you'll ever do is to pop the hood and open it.
Ignition off, run away. Go back and pop the hood if you're feeling brave. If there's no fire ball and you're not dead then discharge the extinguisher through the small gaps at the edge of the hood. I propose to stand well back and take crappy cell pictures. :popcorn:

the nice thing about the E30 is you don't have to stand right in front of it to open it. no stupid latch thing to blindly fumble around for, stupid kick stand thing, etc..

[Shock(/\)ave]

the nice thing about the E30 is you don't have to stand right in front of it to open it. no stupid latch thing to blindly fumble around for, stupid kick stand thing, etc..

I love that this is a major benefit of the hood design on these cars.

I hope none of us actually need to put it to use!

[TurboJake]

I have a Kidde 2.5lb Halotron in the car, 3lb C02 in the house, and a 5 lb Co2 in the garage.

I've had to clean up dry chem messes before. No fun at all.