FIRE AND EXPLOSION PREVENTION IN SHIPS ENGINE ROOMS. DETECTION AND FIRE FIGHTING

The changes in machinery techniques and the variations in operational methods which have attracted wide acceptance together with the effect these items have had on security are outlined, showing where they have introduced new hazards or eradicated old ones. By looking at these factors together with the advanced techniques available in fire and explosion prevention, in the detection of the onset of dangerous conditions, and in the new methods of fire extinction, measures for maintaining an acceptable balance between risk and protection are formulated.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Benn Brothers Marine Publications Limited

  Lyon Tower, 125 High Street, Colliers Wood
  London SW19 2JN,   England 
• Authors:
  • Victory, G
• Publication Date: 1969-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 951-3
• Serial:
  • Shipping World & Shipbuilder
  • Volume: 162
  • Issue Number: 3835
  • Publisher: Seven Kings Publications, Limited
  • ISSN: 0037-3931
  • Serial URL: http://www.shippingworld.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Explosions; Fire causes; Fire prevention; Prevention
• Old TRIS Terms: Explosion prevention
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00005515
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 1972 12:00AM