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• NAVY KNOWLEDGE ONLINE AFLOAT HOW TO

Ships have combustion systems for generating steam, or internal combustion engines to generate electricity, or even turbine engines like jet aircraft, all of which get very hot and can cause a fire. An overheating bearing could cause a fire.

Machinery – Machinery gets hot when it’s operating. Diesel is a much safer fuel because of a high vaporisation temperature. If at all possible take the option for diesel fuel next time if you now work in a gasoline fuelled boat. The vapour can settle in the vessel and cause an explosion. Engine rooms have Carbon Dioxide, dry chemical or foam suppressant systemsįuel – Gasoline fuelled engines use a fuel that can easily vaporise at atmospheric temperatures. Most fires are small but are hard to put out because heavy fuel oil will float on water and only spread the fire. We also have to consider other fire hazards.Įngine Rooms – Fire occurs frequently in engine areas where fuel is present.

We have devised a short online course to raise awareness about fires on boats and ships in port and at sea.įire occurs infrequently in general areas of a vessel and if it does it’s a smokey electrical fire which is easily found and extinguished by one or two people. It is important to identify potential fire hazards and do something about them to minimise the likelihood and minimise their effect should the worst happen. We can think of this in simple terms as a “Fire Triangle” by just considering For example, a flammable liquid will start burning only if the fuel and oxygen are in the right proportions. Fire cannot exist without all of these elements in place and in the right proportions. This is commonly called the fire tetrahedron. The negative effects of fire include hazard to life and property, atmospheric pollutionįires start when a flammable and/or a combustible material, in combination with a sufficient quantity of an oxidiser such as oxygen gas or another oxygen-rich compound (though non-oxygen oxidisers exist), is exposed to a source of heat or ambient temperature above the flash point for the fuel/oxidiser mix, and is able to sustain a rate of rapid oxidation that produces a chain reaction.

NAVY KNOWLEDGE ONLINE AFLOAT HOW TO

Fire has been used by humans for cooking, generating heat, light, signalling, and propulsion purposes, sometimes we need to know how to fight fire on a boat and ship.