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Let me narrate you a real story.
A ship was to arrive in a US port after a long sailing. Foam sample for fixed foam system was sent for testing at last port. Three days before arrival, the results of the foam sample analysis were received.
The test had failed. USCG did not allow the vessel to berth. The foam sample was redrawn and sent for analysis. Even though the sample passed, more than one day was lost in this process.
Question is, why did USCG not allow the ship to berth? They must have felt that it is really dangerous to allow the tanker to berth with an ineffective foam system.
Do we take our firefighting equipments and system this seriously? Let us admit it, we don’t !!!
The first step of showing the seriousness is knowing everything about our equipments.
In this article, I will discuss fixed fire fighting foam system on board ships.
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About Capt Rajeev Jassal
Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.
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