My thoughts here are in early detection. The Fiberglas fire is most likely
caused by a mature electrical fire. If the start of the electrical fire sets
off an alarm then you have a good chance of stopping it.
Since I had an electrical fire which set off a smoke alarm I did not hear at
the helm, I now am thinking of battery operated smoke alarms (I like the ones
with lights on them so I know what is making that racket) with the alarm
buzzers connected to an alarm buss so all the alarms (or a big buzzer) would
buzz if one went off. Then I would search the boat to find the one calling me.
Or perhaps rig something fancier with different sound or lights for different
locations. But I prefer the simpler method.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
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Sent: 10/4/2008 10:11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] fire fighting. ( was Reliablity)
If you have ever witnessed or had a boat fire, I think you might have another
approach. If you have a ferro-cement or steel hull, or maybe even a wooden one,
I think there are some valid points discussed here. If you have a fiberglass
boat, you have a minute or two to assess the problem and contain it, maybe
less. Generally there is barely time to grab a flotation device and get the
hell out. Fiberglass burns extremely hot and fast and gives off a tremendous
amount of very toxic black smoke. In most cases, by the time someone realizes
that they have a fire, it is already to the stage of being uncontrollable by
anything other than automatic suppression. If it is burning in a contained
enclosure, cabin, engine room, etc. and you open a door and ventilate it, you
have an explosive combustion that is like a somewhat slow explosion of hot,
toxic, black smoke and fire. If you are offshore you have to assess the
possibilities, if inshore, think escape. It only makes sense to concen!
trate on prevention, because suppression leaves few options.
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