Yup side window [side dinette] escape is not realistic with an interior fire blocking the door. Extinguisher in our '16 Hawk is at RR corner, OK for putting out a stove fire I guess.
Box cutter seems sensible and safe until needed. Often wondered how tough the side wall material is. Going out the front would be difficult with the lift panel in the way.
Thinking "what-if" makes sense; obsessing about it doesn't. Has anyone first hand knowledge of occupants being trapped by fire in a FWC? For that matter has anyone experienced a fire inside a FWC?
The space between the corner and lift panel is kind of small. I'm confident I could get through a hole cut between the corner and lift panel, but I'm on the small side.
I suspect the lift panel might get in the way for some folks egressing that way. But in a fire event, I think people can overcome obstacles and escape IF they can keep the fear factor from running rampant.
The fabric used today is the same fabric used on MB and BMW motor vehicle carriers to protect new cars in transit to dealers. I got my hands on a big piece from a MB carrier that had been involved in an accident. It is a tough, durable material. My knife, with its serrated edge has no problem punching through and slicing open the material. I suspect a box cutter can make a hole fairly quickly as well.
Edited by Advmoto18, 19 October 2019 - 11:52 AM.
