Safety warning after failure of fixed high expansion foam system to extinguish a fire

Urgent recommendation to owners of ships fitted with high expansion foam systems utilising the atmosphere from within a protected space.

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 23 January 2015

• Vessel type: Merchant vessel 100 gross tons or over
• Report type: Safety bulletin
• Date of occurrence: 2 February 2010

Safety Bulletin 2/2010

SB2-10.pdf (1,813.40 kb)

Summary

Failure of fixed high expansion foam system to extinguish fire on board the on ro-ro passenger ferry Oscar Wilde.

Published 23 January 2015