Fire Extinguisher Balls

An Anonymous Coward writes "The Far Eastern Economic Review has this article about a Thai inventor who has come up with throwable fire extinguisher balls. You just toss them into the fire, or place them in high risk areas, and - boom - they explode from the heat and spew various fire-retardants all over the place. According to the article, they will soon be on sale in Thailand's 7-Eleven stores and are being considered by US-based fire and safety supply company Tyco."

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Fire Extinguisher Balls

[teaserX]

That was my nickname in college.

No oxygen??

[Ark42]

Fire-proof powder, monoammonium phosphate and non-chlorofluorocarbon foam spurt out to dampen the flames and suck up the oxygen that keeps fires burning. At the same time, the ball emits a high-pitched alarm, set at 101 decibels--loud enough to signal for help and just tolerable to human ears.

so, you roll the ball into the fire, suffocate the burning victim, and then run away from the annoying sound the thing makes? sounds great!

Advertisement deal?

[Kronovohr]

I can almost see the commercials now...people throwing these things at fires to the tune of "Goodness, gracious, great balls 'o' fire!"

*shudder*

Coolness, great DnD stuff!

[Anonymous Coward]

Sort of like a 3d4 negative fireball, you throw them and they explode to stop fire damage. Hmm, I wonder how many of these you'd need to take on a full-grown Red Dragon?

Fire Fighing Balls..

[j_kenpo]

For some odd reason, Im just picturing a guy throwing a ball at the fire and a big Pokemon coming out and squirting water at it.....

Fire Balls...

[Anonymous Coward]

Fire Balls...I choose you! Flame retardant attack! =P

Re:Great fire extinguisher balls?

[Anonymous Coward]

Or... Great Balls of Fire Retardant...

Re:Eye safety?

[wheany]

So would I, because I rutinely watch fires at a few meters with my mouth wide open.

Oh, come on!

[KC7GR]

So if I get some of these things, and happen to use them on a fire at some point, I suppose it's inevitable that someone'll tell me "That's using your balls!"

It certainly adds new meaning to that old song "Great Balls of Fire!" Except now it's going to have to be "Great Balls of Anti-Fire!" or something similar.

And don't even get me started on the potential of these things for practical jokes in, say, golf games. Lord, I can just picture it: "FORE!" (thwopPAFFOOOSHHH!!)

I like it! ;-) It's just the kind of terminally quirky thing that someone had to come up with eventually. I'll have to keep an eye on the Lab Safety Supply catalog and see if they start selling the things.

Re:Fire extinguisher bottles

[Ed Avis]

What is the opposite of Molotov?

Re:This could solve a serious problem

[austad]

I couldn't help but wonder how many fire extinguishers out there are as useless as tits on a bull.

So you are implying that that wasn't milk I got from that bull?

In a related announcement...

[ty_kramer]

...the Fire Department of New York just signed Roger Clemens to a five-year contract.

I'm not sure I like this

[Our Man In Redmond]

I mean, I've spent the greater part of my adult life trying to keep my balls out of the fire.

Re:Fire extinguisher bottles

[Aceticon]

That would be Votolom

Catapults

[dr_eaerth]

Whatever it's called, the result of this single-handed, civic-minded tinkering from Thailand could lead to a day when firemen carry catapults in their trucks as well as ladders.

Help! Help! Fire! Someone save me!

[Sound of catapult launching]

Help! Hel--OOOOOOF!

[Sound of unconscious body being consumed by fire]

Re:In Russia it's routinely used...

[k98sven]

Yes, but as you can read:
- is not allowed the installation of modulus/module near negrevatel'nykh and space heaters, where the temperature can exceed +50 about s

See: these inferior Russian products can't even be installed
near negrevatel'nykh!

That happens to me all the time!