Posted:
July 30, 2009
The U.S. Coast Guard has published a new marine safety alert, “Inadvertent discharges of marine fire extinguishing systems,” on the agency’s Homeport Web site. The Coast Guard reported there have been several instances in which certain ANSUL – high-pressure carbon dioxide fire extinguishing systems have discharged without human intervention. The manufacturer has identified suspect CO2 cylinder valves as those having a date code between 10-07 and 06-08.
The full text and content of recently added safety alerts are available online. To access recent marine safety alerts through the Homeport entry page, click the "Investigations" link on the left side of the screen and, on the "Investigations" page, click the "Most Current" link under the "Safety Alerts" heading in the center of the screen.
Marine safety alert on high-pressure CO2 fire extinguishing systems
The U.S. Coast Guard has published a new marine safety alert, “Inadvertent discharges of marine fire extinguishing systems,” on the agency’s Homeport Web site. The Coast Guard reported there have been several instances in which certain ANSUL – high-pressure carbon dioxide fire extinguishing systems have discharged without human intervention. The manufacturer has identified suspect CO2 cylinder valves as those having a date code between 10-07 and 06-08.
The full text and content of recently added safety alerts are available online. To access recent marine safety alerts through the Homeport entry page, click the "Investigations" link on the left side of the screen and, on the "Investigations" page, click the "Most Current" link under the "Safety Alerts" heading in the center of the screen.