Maritime Evaluation of Aerosol Fire Knock Down Tools. Part 2: Toxicity and Corrosion Potential

Abstract

Full-scale live fire tests were conducted at the University of Waterloo (UW) Fire Research Laboratory in collaboration with Defence R and D Canada, Atlantic Research Center, Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) personnel from the Director of Maritime Ship Support and the Canadian Forces Naval Engineering School. The tests were designed to study possible impacts such as toxic gas generation, aerosol deposition or corrosion of equipment due to deployment of handheld aerosol extinguishers in a naval application. The experimental data contained in this report will be used by the RCN for determining the relative merits of handheld aerosol extinguishers as potential fire knockdown devices onboard naval warships and to better understand the potential hazards that pyrotechnically generated aerosol agent devices may present when used or accidentally discharged within a naval vessel.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1000886

Entities

People

  • A. Topic
  • E. Weckman
  • G. Hitchman
  • T. Sheehan

Organizations

  • University of Waterloo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Boards
  • Combustion
  • Computers
  • Corrosion Resistance
  • Detectors
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronic Components
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Fire Extinguishing Agents
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Occupational Safety And Health
  • Protective Equipment
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies