- Author
- Audinot, I. S. C. | Desnoyers, C. E.
- Title
- Q 638 On-Board Fire Tests (Ex ABLM KERSAINT): Extinguishing of an Electrical Cable Fire Under the Floor of a Technical Area With CO2 (Test No. 5B).
- Coporate
- Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC
- Report
- P.V. No. 94, November 9, 1984, 21 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- ships | shipboard fires | electrical cables | extinguishing | carbon dioxide | fire fighting | floors
- Abstract
- This test shows: - the efficiency of the present means of fighting (with 5 kg CO2 extinguishers) a fire in a cable bundle under the floor in a technical area - the difficulty for the firemen to locate a fire developing under the floor.