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Subject: TWL: Fire-supression systems
From: David (freedomsailor@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Feb 01 2003 - 12:07:09 EST
Recently we had a thread running regarding fire-supression systems
aboard boats. The following tragic story from the AP (snipped) might
be of some interest to the group:
"A couple from Montana found dead aboard their docked 58-foot yacht
apparently suffocated when a fire-supression system was accidentally
set off, using up all the oxygen in the yacht.
The bodies of John Robertson and his wife Andreija were found in the
entrance to the utility compartment of their Hatteras Long Range
Cruiser, the Peg Leg.
Marine experts have determined that John, a leg amputee who wasn't
wearing his prosthesis, fell and grabbed a wire that triggered the
carbon dioxide-powered fire-supression system.
Andreija was overcome by lack of oxygen when she probably tried to
rescue her 260-pound husband, investigators said.
The couple was cleaning the yacht's engine room and had begun
painting it when the accident happened."
I suspect that those of us who have such a fire-supression system
aboard should take a closer look at possible ways the system could be
accidentally triggered.
David
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