Reminds me of a classic case in St Thomas USVI. A non-US flag, Italian I think, cruise ship at the pier got a new messroom waiter who was unfamiliar with a gravy warmer that had a bad thermostat but if you set the control just right it would work. He set it to what appeared a proper temp and went to setup the tables. Soon thereafter a fire started. The stewards department tried to put it out without notifying the bridge. They failed. The duct interior was lined with grease. It caught on fire and set afire the overhead spaces in all the spaces it passed through. The St Thomas fire department had not the equipment, manpower, training or language skills to be effective. The US Navy finally put out the fire but the ship was totaled, towed to sea and sank during the tow.
Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > There are countless instances of ship board fires getting out of > control because the land based fire department lacked the equipment, > and expertise to properly deal with boat or ship fires. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
