FIXED FIRE EXTINGUISHING INSTALLATIONS FOR GENERAL CARGO SHIPS

A feature of the fire risk in ships is the wide variety of types of fire that can occur. The disparity extends also to the likely delay in discovery, the growth rate, the threat that it offers (i.e. to life, to the cargo, or to the vessel), and to the fixed installations for dealing with them. If there is any extinguishing installation in accommodation areas, it is almost certainly sprinklers. These are well understood, documented and controlled. They are, therefore, not considered further in this article except to note that in the early stages of fire in accommodation spaces the most immediate threat is to the life of persons who may be sleeping there, for which purpose a sprinkler system is not ideal. This article is concerned with cargo-holds and machinery-spaces.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Fuel and Metallurgical Journals Limited

  Queensway House, 2 Queensway, Redhill
  Surrey RH1 1QS,   England 
• Authors:
  • Pucill, P M
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 9 p.
• Serial:
  • Safety at Sea International
  • Issue Number: 89
  • Publisher: DMG World Media, Limited
  • ISSN: 0142-0666

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fire extinguishing agents; Fire fighting equipment; Halogenated compounds
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141606
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Fuel and Metallurgical Journals Limited
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM