Fire Safety: How do you prevent a disaster?

Looking at options I ran across CO² as a way of putting out a fire without having the mess associated with water or dry chemical. I could have a light catch on fire and the CO² system go off and put out the fire and continue growing depending on how much damage was done.

Wondering if this would be a good system for a tent although I read that CO² is not good for places where there are flammable solids and tent material is definitely flammable although I wonder, with the CO² putting out the fire within seconds, if that would be an issue.

Dispersal would be a non issue as it works on the gas displacing oxygen in the immediate area so a steady spray should disperse it quickly enough to do its job. The big question is if it would work with a sprinkler head although I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't.

Thoughts? Any stoner fire fighters that can give us some insight?
 
Another device that may work well together with an extinguishing system is a heat sensor. I see ones that will acuate at different temperatures. I figure a sensor that will shut down the electrical in the tent at 135° but that can also detect the the ROR(rate of rise) to also acuate the shut down of electrical in the tent.

While an extinguishing system is great if the electrical is still on the fire can restart through shorts.

I'm thinking something like this:

 
You can't change the heads on suppression systems. Extinguishing agents require specific nozzles.

If the extinguisher goes off in the tent at the start of the fire, the mess will (mostly) be contained in the tent. Dry chemical extinguishers will kill your plants; you'd probably have to replace your filter. CO2 might kill the plants with the sudden change in temperature. Halon would be safest for the plant but it's very expensive.
 
Doctor Trevor said:
You can't change the heads on suppression systems. Extinguishing agents require specific nozzles.

If the extinguisher goes off in the tent at the start of the fire, the mess will (mostly) be contained in the tent. Dry chemical extinguishers will kill your plants; you'd probably have to replace your filter. CO2 might kill the plants with the sudden change in temperature. Halon would be safest for the plant but it's very expensive.
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From what I've found, dry chemical agents can be dispersed with the same heads as water sprinkler systems. I've seen a few ceiling mount systems that use the normal umbrella style head and disperse dry chemical agent.

CO² would be the only one that can use an open stream rather than some sort of head to disperse it.
 
CO2 needs a head that neutralizes that whole action/reaction thing (can't think of a better way to put it, at the moment).

If you're going to purchase such an extinguisher for your tent, talk to the 'fire extinguisher people.' They'll tell you what's best... and new.
 
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