Safety Flash
Engine room fires – Appropriate use of insulating material on hot surfaces
Engine room fires – Appropriate use of insulating material on hot surfaces
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 11/05
- Hot Work and FireMachinery and Equipment
- FireLoss of containment
- Ignition source control
Summary
This safety flash follows up an engine-room fire attributed probably to hydraulic oil spraying onto an inadequately insulated exhaust flange. It explains how absorbent lagging can retain leaking oil and increase ignition risk, contrasts oil-resistant silver-faced lagging, and notes the SOLAS insulation requirement for surfaces above 220 °C.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Ignition source control; ignition prevention.
Summary
Safety flash 10/05 reported on a recent Engine room fire. It was noted in that safety flash that the probable cause of the fire was spraying of leaking hydraulic oil onto an improperly insulated exhaust flange.
IMCA SF 11/05. Themes: hot work and fire, machinery and equipment.