Alerts & Learnings CO2 Fire Suppression System – Hi Po Near Miss Following a major refit / dry docking, a vessel departed port and sailed to its area of operation to complete the works and prepare for being commercially available. On arrival, the Flag State carried out an inspection of the vessel and found that all of the CO2 bottles for the engine room fire suppression system still had their safety pins in place. This means that if there had been an engine room fire, the crew would have been unable to set off the suppression system remotely and any deployment of the system would have been seriously hampered and hindered. To view this Marine Safety Forum safety alert in full, click the 'Download Alert' button above. Download Alert Rate this Alert Your Rating Average Rating Share: Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share with Email
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