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Fire Fighting Safety
Title: Fire Fighting Safety
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 595 | Pages: 2.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Fire Fighting Safety
A passenger cruise ship the “Ecstasy,” was beginning a four-day trip departing from the Port of Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico. The ship was carrying 2557 passengers and 920 crewmembers. Minutes after departure a fire was reported to have started in the laundry area, which was located on Deck 2 of the ship. The type of fire was a Class A – Common combustible fire. The fire was started from an arc-welding rod that reportedly ignited combustible lint in …showed first 75 words of 595 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 595 total…fueled from near by common combustibles. The vents should have been shut to prevent further spreading of the fire. It was reported that it had also spread through ventilation ducts containing lint and dust accumulations. The crew should always make sure the ship is cleaned in all areas to prevent such a fire. In the end it seems that the fire was easily preventable, but happened because of laziness and carelessness of the ships crew.
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