Obstructed Fire Tests on Hand-Held Fire Extinguishers for Recreational Boats.
Abstract
Tests were conducted to investigate the effect that an obstruction to direct access to a fire (such as the engine in a boat's engine compartment) might have on the effectiveness of extinguishing a fire with hand-held fire extinguishers. The tests were conducted by first determining what size obstructed fire could be extinguished by a trained operator and then by an untrained operator. It was found that an obstruction to direct access to the base of a fire has a significant impact on the effectiveness of some fire extinguishers. The effectiveness of chemical type extinguishers was more severely affected than gaseous types. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA015884
Entities
People
- H. M. Hollingsworth
Organizations
- [Means, goals and clinical aims of physioradiological methods of examination.]