Fire Protection, Fire Detection and Fire Extinguishing
Year: 2014 Language: english Author: Mohd. Hanif Dewan, Senior Engg. Lecturer Genre: Presentation Publisher: International Maritime Academy, Bangladesh Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 292 Description: As of new definitions of IMO, May 2007, there are 6 types of fire onboard ships: Class A: Fires that involve flammable solids such as wood, cloth,paper and some plastics. Class B: Fires that involve flammable liquids or liquifiable solids such as petrol, oil, paint and some waxes and plastics (BUT NOT cooking fats or oils). Class C: Fires that involve flammable gases such as methane propane hydrogen Mohd. Class D: Fires that involve combustible metals such as sodium, magnesium, and potassium. Class E: Fires that involve any of the materials found in Class A and B fires: BUT ALSO with the introduction of an electrical appliances, wiring, or other electrically energized objects in the vicinity of the fire, with a resultant electrical shock risk if a conductivity agent is used to control the fire. Class F: Fires involving cooking fats and oils. The high temperature of the oils when on fire far exceeds that of other flammable liquids making normal extinguishing agents ineffective
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Fire Protection, Fire Detection and Fire Extinguishing
Language: english
Author: Mohd. Hanif Dewan, Senior Engg. Lecturer
Genre: Presentation
Publisher: International Maritime Academy, Bangladesh
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 292
Description:
As of new definitions of IMO, May 2007, there are 6 types of fire onboard ships:
Class A: Fires that involve flammable solids such as wood, cloth,paper and some plastics.
Class B: Fires that involve flammable liquids or liquifiable solids such as petrol, oil, paint and some waxes and plastics (BUT NOT cooking fats or oils).
Class C: Fires that involve flammable gases such as methane propane hydrogen Mohd.
Class D: Fires that involve combustible metals such as sodium, magnesium, and potassium.
Class E: Fires that involve any of the materials found in Class A and B fires: BUT ALSO with the introduction of an electrical appliances, wiring, or other
electrically energized objects in the vicinity of the fire, with a resultant electrical shock risk if a conductivity agent is used to control the fire.
Class F: Fires involving cooking fats and oils.
The high temperature of the oils when on fire far exceeds that of other flammable liquids making normal extinguishing agents ineffective
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