Most racing sanctioning bodies require some form of fire suppression systems in race cars, whether a fire bottle or an integrated system.
While a fire bottle might be okay for some, many of us have full systems, such as a Firesense system by Spa Technique, but is it installed correctly?
From the mounting instructions for the Firesense MULTI-FLO AFFF Systems:
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“For saloon / closed cars a minimum of 3 nozzles must be fitted (again depending on the system) within the cockpit area. Nozzles should be fitted either to the top of the roll bar main hoop (door B pillar) pointing inwards and downwards towards the foot of the diagonally opposite front roll bar hoop base (door A post) or either under the dashboard aiming at the drivers midriff.” |
If you installed your own fire system, you may not need to worry (if you followed the directions), but if your car came equipped with a system, it might be worth a looksie. Otherwise…
