Serious failure of CO₂ fire-fighting system
- Safety Flash
- Published on 27 January 2011
- Generated on 19 March 2026
- IMCA SF 01/11
- 1 minute read
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published Marine Safety Alerts 10(a)-10 and 10(b)-10 regarding the failure of a CO2 fire-fighting system during a fire in a machinery space on board a new vessel.
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