is a mixture including aminotetrazole strontium nitrate and magnesium carbonate this is described in u s pat no 6 702 033 which is hereby incorporated by reference into this specification those skilled in the art will appreciate in view of this disclosure that other types of propellants could be used in the present system such as compressed gas canisters and other types of pyrotechnic and chemical devices capable of creating a gas pressure force in a vanishingly small amount of time such propellants may be mounted either within a reservoir with the fire suppressant agent or externally thereto moreover fire suppressant agent 22 which preferably includes a water based solution with hydrocarbon surfactants fluorosurfactants and organic and inorganic salts sold under the trade name lvs wet chemical agent u00ae by ansul incorporated could comprise other types of agents such as powders or other liquids or yet other agents known to those skilled in the art and suggested by this disclosure if two reservoirs 18 are employed with a vehicle as is shown in fig1 all four squibs will be deployed simultaneously fig4 shows manually activatable switch 54 for use with the present system as shown in fig1 switch 54 may be advantageously located on the headliner of vehicle 10 between the sun visors or at any other convenient position to use this switch 54 hinged clear cover 56 is first opened by pressing on cover 56 thereafter the fire suppression system may be triggered by manually pressing pushbutton 58 if the vehicle occupants are not disposed to release cover 56 the system may be triggered by merely sharply depressing cover 56 thereby closing contacts not shown contained within platform 60 because the present system is intended for use when the vehicle has received a severe impact controller 66 which is.