Serious failure of CO₂ fire-fighting system
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published Alerts 10(a)-10 abd 10(b)-10 (attached) regarding the failure of a COâ‚‚ fire-fighting system during a fire in a machinery space on board a new vessel.
Members can find further information by following these links:
- Wrong instructions: a recipe for failure – homeport.uscg.mil/cgi-bin/st/portal/uscg_docs/MyCG/Editorial/20101221/10afinal.pdf?id=ce2583f9a019ecd21addc5090efbbfe66d45a6a8
- Simple failures render COâ‚‚ system inoperative – homeport.uscg.mil/cgi-bin/st/portal/uscg_docs/MyCG/Editorial/20101221/10bfinal.pdf?id=096b6b79b712258864baddf08fe1b0a875b760a5
Safety Event
Published: 27 January 2011
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