IMCA release Safety Flash SF 20/24
Fire in engine room
What happened
A fire occurred in the engine room of a vessel during operations. The fire was first detected by a duty crew member, and the watch team immediately attempted to extinguish it using portable fire extinguishers. Unfortunately, these efforts were not successful, and the fire rapidly escalated.
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Near Miss: Smoke and fire on Main Engine Exhaust
What happened
During sea trials following a docking period, smoke and fire were observed coming from the turbocharger flange to the exhaust manifold of one of the engines.
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Near Miss: Smoke and fire on main engine exhaust
Urgent inspection of pressurised carbon dioxide fire fighting systems
What happened?
Coins were found inserted into CO2 fire fighting cylinders. During a 10-year third party specialist inspection of a vessel CO2 fire suppression system, coins of Chinese manufacture were found inserted in 21 out of 24 main 45 kg CO2 cylinders.
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Urgent inspection of pressurised carbon dioxide fire fighting systems
MSF: Safety pins left in fire suppression system – high potential near miss
The Marine Safety Forum has published Safety Alert 24-07 relating to an incident where a Flag State inspection found that all of the CO2 bottles for the engine room fire suppression system still had their safety pins in place.
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MSF: Safety pins left in fire suppression system – high potential near miss
Inappropriate automatic activation of fixed fire-fighting system
What happened
The fixed firefighting system in the engine room on a harbour tug automatically activated and all the gas in the tanks emptied. This occurred after two consecutive blackouts on the tug within 24 hours. No-one was harmed.
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Inappropriate automatic activation of fixed fire-fighting system
NTSB: Fire on vessel – escaped exhaust gases
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States (NTSB) published “Safer Seas Digest 2023”, which includes a number of incidents which may be of interest to IMCA members. This is one of them.
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