An automobile engine fire extinguishing system including an extinguisher canister secured within an automobile adjacent to its engine. The extinguisher holds fire retardant material therein. The extinguisher canister has an outlet valve for dispensing the fire retardant material out of the canister. The outlet valve has a lever coupled thereto for releasing the fire retardant material into the engine. A release handle is positioned within an interior of the automobile adjacent to a steering wheel thereof. The release handle has a shaft extending inwardly therefrom and is secured to the lever for releasing thereof.

An automatic engine fire extinguishing system for automatically detecting and extinguishing an engine fire of a vehicle permitting a user to exit the vehicle without having to worry about actuating the fire extinguishing system. The system includes at least one canister that is mountable to the vehicle and positionable adjacent to the engine. The canister has an interior for holding a fire extinguishant under pressure. A valve is mounted on the canister for controlling a flow of the fire extinguishant from the canister. A conduit is coupled to the valve for carrying the fire extinguishant flowing through the valve away from the canister. The conduit has at least one opening for emitting the fire extinguishant from the conduit. At least one fire detector is provided for detecting a fire and opening the valve permitting the fire extinguishant to flow through the conduit exiting the opening and extinguishing a fire.

A trifluoroidomethane mixture with an inert atmospheric buoyant gas such as helium form a fire suppressant gas that is used to stop the combustion of internal combustion engines of motor vehicles to stop the motor vehicles. The gas is contained for delivery to the motor vehicle. The suppressant gas can be used by law enforcement agencies to stop fleeing motor vehicles. The gas can be contained in a shell for dropping from freeway overpasses and helicopters. The gas can be dispersed from road side nozzles to stop fleeing vehicles, such as those running border, ports and custom facilities during unlawful smuggling.

A fire extinguishing system for a vehicle or a boat having a fire extinguisher supplying a fire extinguishing substance through a nozzle to discharge the fire extinguishing substance. The fire extinguisher and nozzle may be spatially separated and connected by an elongated pipe. Additional nozzles may be connected with pipes to the fire extinguisher, or additional fire extinguishers and nozzles may be used instead. At least one valve is used to regulate the flow of the fire extinguishing substance through the pipes to the nozzles. The valve is controlled by at least one impact sensor which opens the valve when a collision of the vehicle with another object is detected by the sensor.

A vehicular and marine fire suppression system (10) for suppressing and quenching fires. The vehicular and marine fire suppression system (10) including a first canister (12), a second canister (20) and an actuating mechanism (26). The first canister (12) includes an inlet (14), an outlet (16) defining a neck (18) and a discharge mechanism (42) received within the neck (18). The first canister (12) houses a fire suppressing agent. The second canister (20) includes an outlet (22) and a seal (24) disposed about the outlet (22). The second canister (20) houses an agitating and pressurizing agent. The actuation mechanism (26) includes an actuating valve stem (36) received within the inlet (14) of the first cylinder (12). The valve stem (36) includes at least one opening (38) such that when the actuating mechanism (26) establishes a fluid communication between the first canister (12) and the second canister (20) the at least one opening (38) enhances the draw of the agitating and pressurizing agent through the valve stem (36) and the agitation and pressurization of fire suppressing agent such that a rupture disc (46) within the discharge mechanism (42) is ruptured and the entire contents of the fire suppressing agent are expelled through the discharge mechanism (16) to quench the fire.