Safety Flash
Fire in incinerator exhaust gas manifold
Fire in incinerator exhaust gas manifold
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 19/19
- Hot Work and FireInspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- FireFunctional safety
- Inspection and maintenance
- Emergency responseFire protectionFunctional testingPreventive maintenance
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A vessel incinerator fire followed undetected flame failure, continued sludge pumping and subsequent reignition by the automatic diesel burner. An incorrectly set control resistor and a tampered exhaust sensor were identified. The flash describes firefighting and shutdown effects, and recommends testing flame-failure devices through planned maintenance.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Functional safety; safety instrumented systems; SIS.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A faulty flame-failure setting and tampered exhaust sensor allowed sludge to reignite and cause a fire inside an incinerator exhaust.
IMCA SF 19/19. Themes: hot work and fire, inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.