Recent Situation Research of Engine Room Fire Prevention System on Board

The committee has made following questionnaire researches on “Recent Situation of Engine Room Fire Prevention System on Board”as the research theme in 1999 and 2000.a) Class Requirements, Each Company design standard and the built results.b) Instances of fire accident and the fire fighting.c) The problem/improvement points regarding the present engine room fire prevention/fighting system.With “Fire sources”, “Fire Detection”, “Fire fighting”and“Ventilation control”of 4 viewpoints, we have summarized the recent situation regarding engine room fire prevention/fighting system from the result of questionnaire research. In this report, the situation and the problem that was immanent there were summarized as the proposal of this committee.