Fire Patrols

[jimi]

How often should I carry out a fire patrol on my fine vessel? Is every hour often enough or should I up it to very 15minutes?

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[jamesjermain]

Sweet Lucy already has a sprinkler system in the heads its called deck-fittings. The smoke detector is Dearly Beloved's hypersensitive nose and the compartment is built out of non-inflammable, water impregnated wood:- so no problems here.

How can a compapny like Cunard get it so wrong?

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[ParaHandy]

slight correction to your otherwise full and helpful notes but until very recently, that particular compartment on jimi's boat was unused due to a strong odour which would have been detected by a much lesser proboscis than dear beloved's and would have diverted the attention of the regulatory authorities and thus rendered unnecessary such safety measures ...

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[jhr]

What do you expect from a rubbishy modern French-built craft? What you need is a nice traditional liner with a long keel, 3 funnels, steam turbines etc etc............

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[Vara]

How many funnels did the Titanic have?

<hr width=100% size=1>If it can't be fixed with a lump hammer dont fit it!

 

[jhr]

Four /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif. Though I believe one fell off when she sank................

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[Mirelle]

SMS, ISPS, ISO 14000, please

You would be staggered at the amount of bs that the modern seaman has to put up with:

ISM International Safety Management System. Annual audit by a Class Society.

ISPS. A new one. International Ship and Port Security Code. New one, starts next Thursday. Annual audit by a Class Society.

NB Panama forgot all about it and is now issuing 300 new certificates a day; why might one feel that their audit process is less than perfect?

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[robp]

Still unwise to light a match though....

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[jamesjermain]

Ah! you've heard my morning constitutionals have you - I blame the chips

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[waterbuffalo]

I have now banned smoking in the heads due to potentially explosive fumes. Should somebody not re-appear after 30 mins then a patrol would be despatched to find the cause of the delay. Preceeded of course by a canary.

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[peterb]

Surely in response to an explosion one might expect immediate emergence, if not sooner. Why the delay?

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