Fm200 novec 1230 regulation ship type interval by remarks verify all fixed fire extinguishing system control panel indicators are functional by operating the lamp indicator test switch msc 1 circ.
Co2 fixed fire fighting system time delay.
Co2 flooding system or central bank co2 system is one of the common fixed fire fighting system installed on most of the ships.
Carbon dioxide or co 2 is a colorless odorless electrically non conductive gas that is highly efficient as a fire suppression agent.
2 a system which protects a space having a volume less than 6 000 ft.
The committee at its eighty sixth session 27 may to 5 june 2009 having considered the proposal by the sub committee on fire protection at its fifty third session approved guidelines for the maintenance and inspections of fixed carbon dioxide fire extinguishing systems as.
Guidelines for the maintenance and inspections of fixed carbon dioxide fire extinguishing systems.
Fixed gas fire fighting system other than co2 e g.
2 if the storage space is located below deck it should be located no more than one deck below the open deck and should be directly accessible by a stairway or ladder from the open deck.
Access while the vessel is underway must be fitted with a time delay and alarm.
1 a fixed gas fire extinguishing system aboard a vessel must be approved by the commandant and be custom engineered to meet the requirements of this section unless the system meets the requirements of 118 420 of this part.
2 system components must be listed and labeled by an independent laboratory a component from a different system even if from the same manufacturer.
This system is mainly used for large areas on ships such as cargo holds or machinery spaces of engine room where fighting fire gets difficult due to extended spaces and fire intensity.
Carbon dioxide gas has a high rate of expansion which allows a fike co 2 fire protection system.
Arrangement of co2 system.
The amount of co2 consumed by the engine s does not significantly impact the.
Dangerous aspects of fire fighting.
That is basically the same thing but with lesser co2 bottles tanks.
Fike carbon dioxide fire protection systems use intelligent reliable and fast acting control panels to quickly sense a fire before it can cause damage to property.
It releases carbon dioxide co2 in bulk quantity to a protected space such as engine room cargo hold purifier room pump room etc under fire.
Fire fighters or crew entering the space.
1 the storage room should be used for no other purposes.
Its similar equivalent used in shore based industries or institutions is known as the co2 fire suppression system.
For fire extinguishing media of fixed gas fire extinguishing systems.
A fixed type of co2 fire fighting system includes a large no of co2 bottles arranged together.
A fixed gas fire fighting system may protect more than one space.
