Safety Flash
Maintenance and control of fire doors
Maintenance and control of fire doors
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 11/23
- Hot Work and FireInspection and Maintenance
- Fire
- Inspection and maintenance
- Fire protectionPreventive maintenance
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash describes poorly maintained vessel fire doors, altered closing mechanisms and doors tied open, reducing fire and smoke boundary effectiveness. It calls for automatic closure and complete sealing, including hose ports, adherence to routine maintenance and inspection regimes, and immediate reporting of defects.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A Member has discovered instances of mandatory fire doors onboard their vessels being in a poor state of maintenance, and in some cases modified to alter the closing mechanism or tied back to prevent closing
IMCA SF 11/23. Themes: hot work and fire, inspection and maintenance.