fire ports for hoods?

[Matt93SE]

In addition to Dick's comments, I always keep a pair of nomex gloves in my corner worker kit, and most (if not all) experienced workers will have some sort of heat resistant glove on the corner. If someone rolls up to my station with a car on fire, I'm not running out there bare-handed unless the cockpit itself is on fire and there's no time to grab gloves and put them on while running-- if I'm not wearing them already.

That said, remember that the main goal of a fire suppression system is to keep the fire down enough to give the driver time to exit the car. Once the driver is out, I don't care if the car burns to the ground. If it's a small enough fire that can be put out by a fire bottle, then great. but the task of the corner crews (and the EV crews for that matter) is to ensure the safety of the drivers first, then to attempt to put out the fire second.
As a driver, I know we all have a huge investment in our cars- both financial and emotional. I'll save the thing if I can, but first I'm dragging your ass out of the car and then I'll think about putting out the fire.

In the 3 REAL fires I've seen causing a car to stop on course, the corner crews used every fire bottle on station before the EV arrived, and then the EV blew their load onto the fire, and the damn thing was still burning. Every one of those cars burned to the ground.. I don't think a port like this would have helped those situations, BUT they certainly wouldn't have hurt it...