History Main / RescueEquipmentAttack

* ''Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers'': When Jamie is trapped in the school and about to be killed by Michael, Rachel pulls a BigDamnHeroes coming to save her, using a fire extinguisher to disorient Michael to save Jamie.

* Towards the end of ''Film/{{Housewarming}}'', when Chantal finally stands up to her AbhorrentAdmirer[=/=]{{Stalker|With A Crush}}, she shoos him away using a fire extinguisher on him.

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'': During the infiltration of the Orient Express, [[DarkActionGirl Paris]] picks up a fire extinguisher and uses it to knock out a trainman in order to steal the keys to the hold, where her boss Gabriel is hiding in a large suitcase.

Rescue equipment range from rescue tools (e.g. cutters, rams, and spreaders) - which are typically used by emergency response personnel - to fire extinguishers, and defibrillators.
Those are used to rescue and protect others from harm. However, they're ironically used by characters for violence, self-defense, or distraction as {{improvised weapon}}s in fiction.

--> '''Atropos:''' I mean, who even ''thinks'' about killing someone with safety equipment?
--> Oh, right. I do.

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-->'''Larabee''': Is that the Chief?
-->'''Agent 99''': Yes it is.
-->'''Max''': Sorry about that, Chief.
-->'''Agent 91''': Is that a dent in his head?

* ''Film/Hellboy2004'': The titular demon hero is chasing Sammael the {{Hellhound}} onto a subway train, only for the conductor who finds him clinging onto the back to start hammering him with a fire extinguisher. An indignant Hellboy says, "Hey! [[WhatTheHellHero I'm on your side]]!" only for the conductor to reply "[[SarcasmMode Sure]]!" and finish punching him off the train with the extinguisher.

* ''Film/TheInvisibleMan2020'': During the climax, Cecilia sprays the titular Invisible Man ([[spoiler:or at least, one of them]]) with a fire extinguisher to [[SeeTheInvisible make him visible]] and be able to shoot him.

* Jerry from ''Series/BigMouth2022'' hits [[EvilIsBigger the creepy, big guy]] who was attacking Changho with a fire extinguisher on the back of his head which produces a loud clang noise. Changho pushes him back afterward, and he falls down, and his head hits the extinguisher.

** In the episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace"]], while on a space ship in the future, the Doctor uses a high-tech device to freeze some [[ClockPunk clockwork robots]]. Companion Mickey is excited to see a FreezeRay, but the Doctor clarifies that it's just a fire extinguisher.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase "The Moonbase"]], Ben and Polly discover that Cybermen can be harmed by organic solvents, which soften the plastic parts of their life-support units. They improvise anti-Cyberman weapons by filling fire extinguishers with a mixture of solvents and spraying the Cybermen with them.

* ''Series/GoodOmens:'' In the season 2 episode "Every Day," Maggie and Nina throw fire extinguishers at the demons invading Aziraphale's bookshop in the hopes of holding them back.

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* ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'': Dr. Zanasiu uses a fire extinguisher as an impromptu smokescreen to get past a group of guards. He also uses it to bludgeon a guard.
* ''[[WebVideo/ShockTroopers2011 Shock Troopers]]'': A pair of soldiers find themselves out of ammunition while clearing a trench of enemy combatants. They pivot to using a defibrillator as an offensive weapon.

* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'': Downplayed. In the episode "Recap/DCSuperHeroGirls2019S1E19GothamCon", Batgirl and Harley have to work together to get rid of a bomb and they eventually manage to put out the fuse with a fire extinguisher. They shake hands, but then they remember that they're enemies, so Harley sprays Batgirl in the face with foam before running away.

* Towards the end of ''Film/{{Housewarming}}'', when Chantal finally stands up to her AbhorentAdmirer[=/=]{{Stalker|With A Crush}}, she shoos him away using a fire extinguisher on him.

Sometimes this could be PlayedForLaughs, as the attack can happen in a non-serious situation or work. Taken to extreme levels, this may lead to being BludgeonedToDeath. In case of a fire extinguisher attack, it might lead to someone being CoveredInGunge if the extinguisher shoots foam.

* ''Film/{{Ambulance}}'': At one point, Cam grabs a fire extinguisher and uses it to spray Danny and Will before she tries to run away from the ambulance.

* ''Film/JurassicWorldBattleAtBigRock'': When the ''Allosaurus'' attacks a family in their trailer, the mother tries to fend it off by spraying it with a fire extinguisher. Unfortunately, it only serves to piss it off.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' features fire extinguishers for their proper use of putting out flames, but CJ can kill people with them either as a blunt weapon or slowly draining their HP as what can best be imagined as suffocating them with carbon dioxide.

* ''WebVideo/ShockTroopers'': A pair of soldiers find themselves out of ammunition while clearing a trench of enemy combatants. They pivot to using a defibrillator as an offensive weapon.

** The climax of ''Film/AViewToAKill'' sees Stacey being captured aboard Zorin's blimp, but she managed to get out by grabbing the emergency extinguisher and knock out Zorin's mook with it. It helps that it's a rather small, bottle-sized portable extinguisher.

* ''Series/GoodOmens:'' In the season 2 episode "Every Day," Maggie and Nina throw fire extinguishers at the demons invading Aziraphale's bookshop in the hopes of holding them back.

* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries''. A fire extinguisher is used by a teenage girl against an AttackDrone in ''Network Effect''. As the drone has stealth shielding the spray of foam [[SeeTheInvisible has an added advantage]].

* ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' has an ElevatorActionSequence where James Bond fights an enemy agent, Peter Frank, ending with Bond getting his hands on the elevator's emergency extinguisher and blasting Frank in the face. Before using the same extinguisher to knock Frank falling to his death.

* ''Film/LicenceToKill'': James Bond managed to hijack one of Sanchez's tankers in the final chase, and took out the driver by snatching the emergency extinguisher and whacking him repeatedly in the face.

* The climax of ''Film/AViewToAKill'' sees Stacey being captured aboard Zorin's blimp, but she managed to get out by grabbing the emergency extinguisher and knock out Zorin's mook, Scarpine with it. It helps that it's a rather small, bottle-sized portable extinguisher.

* ''VideoGame/Sharpshooter3D'' has extinguishers as a recurring weapon you can collect. If it's loaded, you'll blast foam at enemies to disorientate them, allowing you to use the extinguisher and bash their skulls. If it's empty, you instead throw it at your enemies.

** The mutiny on the ''Valkyrie'' is started a crewmember called Eve throwing a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_extinguisher#Fire_grenade red globe of firefighting powder]] at an officer called [[AdamAndOrEve Adams]].

* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''. In Captain Janeway's backstory, a Spacefleet captain goes [[SpaceMadness mad]] and tries to [[AdamAndEvePlot establish a human colony]] on Mercury using his female crewmembers as a BabyFactory. This causes a mutiny which is kicked off by a crewmember called Eve throwing a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_extinguisher#Fire_grenade red globe of firefighting powder]] at an officer called [[AdamAndOrEve Adams]].