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Author
Audinot, I. S. C. | Desnoyers, C. E.
Title
Q 638 On-Board Fire Tests (Ex ABLM KERSAINT): Extinguishing of a Gasoline Fire in the AR Boiler Compartment With a Foam AGent (Tests 4A and 4B).
Coporate
Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC
Report
P.V. No. 100, December 12, 1984, 46 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Keywords
ships | shipboard fires | electrical cables | extinguishing | gasoline | foam extinguishing systems | smothering
Abstract
These tests show the possibility of extinguishing large gasoline fires in "machine" sections of a vessel by smothering with the use of a foam agent.