Norm... you don't feed the fire you put it out... IF you realy are concerned that much... build yourself a fire suppresion system..that can be operated from somewhere else in the boat.. You don't worry about the smoke, you just pull the pin, point and shoot.. trust me, if you want the boat to burn to the waterline.. feeding air to it will do a great job of it..
Most electrical fires start small...IF you can catch it immediately, you can put it out with an ABC extinguisher that you are required to carry... I get mine at home depot, and they are the ABC rated ones... I have two within reach in my gally... one by my bed and one reachable from the cockpit.. In the galley I keep a box of salt and baking soda withing reach..I recycle the old ones from the reefer.. A grease fire you can pour salt or baking soda on and exinguish it.. Propane cut the power to your solenoid... the minute there is no fuel there is no fire in propane.. fans can cause sparks that can casue explosions as well... I think, out there, are some very good coast gaurd guides for fires... I haven't looked much as I get fire drills and info at my job and having been thru a boat ( I had the luck to be on land when my boat and 6 others went up) and a house fire.. I have a healthy respect for fires.. not to mention the sister and niece of firefighters.. On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Norm of Bandersnatch < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I picked up on the fire issue. > > I have heard and read repeatedly that the main obstacle to fighting fire > is that there is so much smoke generated as to make it impossible to > actually see the fire in order to put it out. > > I'm guessing the main sort of fire we face is an electrical fire, since > there seems to be very little chance of the fuel catching on fire. (Recall > my working sitting inside my fuel tanks with a propane torch.) > > I can easily cut off all power to my Main Buss, which leaves only the Main > and Genset starting circuits, and the inverter DC power (also with a big > switch) at this time. > > To this end I have almost completed fabrication and installation of a > large vent, 4" x 20", with a automotive radiator fan to blow air into the > engine room to allow me to enter the space whilst clearing it of most of > the smoke so can get to the fire. > > Further, I am going to rig emergency DC circuits so I can operate that fan > and the ER lights on a separate circuit so as to be able to shut down the > most probably source of electrical fire current, the Main Buss while still > having the fan and lights available. > > An emergency line to the helm for VHF and some lights might be a good idea > too. > > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek > 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > > > > > There is one co-equal hazard and that is fire. In most cases, if you > don't > > > succeed in fire prevention, you are likely going to have to abandon > ship. > > > Nonetheless, auto and manual extinguisher redundancy will either put it > out > > > or give us time to abandon ship with adequate survival gear. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- http://www.slideshare.net/jacko91/these-are-my-credentials/ http://fisherhouse.org/ http://www.specialops.org/ "We are the gaurdians of a great faith. When we believe that freedom offers the best chance of peace and prosperity for all, and our desire for peace cannot be seperated from our believe in liberty." Harry J. Truman
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