An exploding fire extinguisher

djloon on January 9, 2024 at 12:12 pm

Idea: An exploding fire extinguisher

Link: https://apnews.com/article/bangkok-school-...

Several safety precautions would have to be taken to ensure the fire extinguisher explodes safely.
https://apnews.com/article/bangkok-school-fire-extinguisher-death-1143332d5c859d78d93ab357cc5c6606

Exploding fire extinguisher kills a student and injures 5 during a high school fire drill in Bangkok

Link: https://apnews.com/article/bangk

Police in Thailand say that a fire extinguisher exploded in sweltering heat during an outdoor fire drill at a high school in Bangkok on Friday, killing one student and injuring five others.

Seal Dwidakiss on January 9, 2024 at 10:53 am

Idea: An exploding fire extinguisher

Link: https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-ai...

This could be an excellent solution when dealing with wildfires.

Could the Air Force bomb wildfires into submission?

Link: https://www.airforcetimes.com/ne

Rather than fighting wildfires in the traditional way — using aircraft to drop chemical retardants on the blaze while ground crews clear brush that could be potential fuel — the Air Force should try to bomb it.

8-BIT BOBBY on January 9, 2024 at 9:39 am

Idea: An exploding fire extinguisher

Link: https://www.wisn.com/article/fire-extingui...

Police and civilians can use these in emergencies to put out fires quickly!

Fire extinguisher ‘bomb’ helps police put out fires ahead of fire department

Link: https://www.wisn.com/article/fir

A raging fire, and in this case, a planned demonstration, shows how a new device known as an FST, a fire suppression tool, can knock down a fire in seconds.

Steven Bowker on January 9, 2024 at 8:21 am

Idea: An exploding fire extinguisher

Link: https://patents.google.com/patent/US398013...

Someone already has a patent for this idea!
https://patents.google.com/patent/US3980139A/en

US3980139A - Fire extinguishing bomb for putting out fires - Google Patents

Link: https://patents.google.com/paten

A bomb containing an explosive and a fire extinguishing chemical so that the bomb can be exploded within a fire and extinguish the fire flames; the bomb including a glass cylinder that can be readily fragmented so to disperse its chemical content into all directions and the glass cylinder havi…