Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?

[Tquillen]

Good for all of you guys! I've been in a car, riding down the interstate, when it burst into flames. Not fun, and it makes you appreciate having a fire extinguisher on hand (I didn't).

I build Race cars for a living, specifically drag cars. I only bring this up because when it comes to safety equipment of any kind, the questions I always ask myself when mounting things like fire extinguishers or activation handles, parachute handles, emergency shutdown switches, etc. are:

1. Will the driver be able to use this easily in an emergency situation?
2. If the driver is partially incapacitated, will they be able to find it and use it without being able to visually locate it?
3. If the car is in a wreck, what happens to this piece of equipment and its mount? Does it pose a hazard if the car goes into a roll?

Now, I know this sounds like overkill, but consider that these extinguishers can weigh 7 or 8 pounds when fully charged.....in a bad, bad wreck, these things flying around in the cab can kill you in an instant.

To echo what others have said: keep an extinguisher where you or others can get to it, and mount it as securely as possible without impeding its use.