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Originally Posted by LittleWing77
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That boat had some kind of
engine room fire. The lesson from that disaster is to have working fire alarms in all
engine spaces. Plus have a way to fight engine room fire from outside the engine room. Either install a fire suppressant system or have adequate fire
ports through which to inject suppressant manually.
The boat did not die from a wall wart fire.
I agree that avoiding fire should be a very high priority. But it is impossible to make any boat 100% fire proof. But it is not impossible to have adequate warning and means of fighting a fire. There is a need for all the mechanical and
electrical things that make life aboard pleasant and thus also we must have the ability to detect and suppress a fire.
Another source of fires on board is the small rechargeable
batteries in modern
power tools (drills, drivers, saws, etc.). A boat was recently
lost due to a drill
battery fire. These
batteries require special
storage on board. How many of us have a
battery operated tool buried deep in a locker somewhere? These are a greater fire risk than the wall wart you can see and smell right away.