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Post by viewfinder on May 8, 2020 21:32:31 GMT
What kind of fire extinguishers do you use and how to you mount them?
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Post by timbray on May 8, 2020 23:12:04 GMT
Um, the kind they sell in marine-supply stores?  Anyhow, here's where I put mine. I thought close to the galley would be good.  |
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Post by viewfinder on May 8, 2020 23:30:09 GMT
Very nice. Thank you. Does it come with the mount?
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Post by Don Reaves on May 9, 2020 2:17:56 GMT
Close to the gallery is good. But please do not put your fire extinguisher in a position where you would have to reach over the fire to use it. It would be absolutely useless in that case.
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Post by timbray on May 9, 2020 6:09:43 GMT
Very nice. Thank you. Does it come with the mount? I think they all do? |
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Post by Zanshin on May 9, 2020 7:02:11 GMT
On the subject of fire extinguishers - I take the ISAF Safety at Sea course every 2 years and for the past couple of times I've done the course at a German navy base where they allow civilians in only a couple of times a year; that training is excellent as they have a wave-pool (one that creates real breaking waves), a hall for fire-extinguishing exercises and even a simulated hull where we get to play "plug-the-holes". One lesson that I've learned there is that the small fire extinguishers as found on boats (and pictured in this thread) are not up to dealing with a real fire. The picture below is of a simulated oil fire in the galley: 
While I caught a good moment with the flames for the picture, the little extinguisher didn't have a chance at taming the fire. So while I still have a couple of "normal" small extinguishers, I have 2 much larger ones - going up just a little bit in size (hence volume of material) makes a big difference in capacity and efficacy. |
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Post by Zanshin on May 9, 2020 7:05:55 GMT
I also wanted to add - make sure that your extinguishers have an expiry date on them. I was boarded in St. Martin once and I had just purchased 2 extinguishers but they had no date on them so the officers told me to get replacements. And this last season while in the USA I went to a Home Depot and wanted to get some extinguishers there but when I checked the dates they only had a couple of months left... caveat emptor. Oh, and for those interested, I put together a slideshow of pictures and clips from one of the ISAF courses at ISAF Slideshow |
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Post by MalcolmP on May 9, 2020 8:10:55 GMT
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Post by Zanshin on May 9, 2020 12:49:45 GMT
On a lighter note, here's a good decision-making matrix from xkcd:  |
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Post by viewfinder on May 10, 2020 5:29:32 GMT
Oh, and for those interested, I put together a slideshow of pictures and clips from one of the ISAF courses at ISAF SlideshowGreat stuff. Thank you! |
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Post by viewfinder on May 10, 2020 5:44:02 GMT
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