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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
It seems to me that they were searching for a dry chemical fire extinguisher apposed to a more common co2 fire extinguisher in order to keep parts of the robot salvageable.
The likelihood hood of the fire spreading was very low but, it did slightly concern me when they started to poke around inside of the robot. I was also expecting with that size flame that the bumper fabric would eventually catch on fire. Overall it just seemed foolish to poke around.
The reaction time could have definitely been better and this is a situation that volunteers should be better prepared for but the likelihood is pretty low.
A more accessible fire extinguisher is really all they need.
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You have that backwards. A dry chemical extinguisher will coat the robot in dust and crap, CO2 leaves no residue making it easier to salvage bits.
I'd also call dry chemical much more common. C02 extinguishers are not typically found at your big box home store.
I've never actually seen a CO2 unit in a pit at an FRC event. I'm sure some teams have them, but dry chemical is pretty much what everyone has.