I’m getting grief for how I handled a recent stack fire. I’d like to hear about experiences you’ve had and also what you’ve been trained to do.

From Marine Fire Fighting which is the text book I’ve seen used. Two scenarios using the “Traditional Method” for early stage and high-temp step 1 is to shut down the main engine For nontraditional there are two alternatives, one involves shutting down the main the other slowing the main.

[image] MAK: When you shut down the engine, you stop the flow of non-combustible exhaust gases which immediately causes oxygen to draft down to the fire. Unless the fire crew is in position that’s a bad idea. Shutting down the engine removes heat, but there’s enough residual heat in a burning e…

I remember reading a coastguard incident report about a stack fire aboard a Maersk ship on the East Coast. The fire was caused by the superheat tubes leaking. What I was taught was to prepare to fight the fire using copious amounts of water all at once. The fire is self sustaining and adding less th…

[image] MAK: When you shut down the engine, you stop the flow of non-combustible exhaust gases which immediately causes oxygen to draft down to the fire. Unless the fire crew is in position that’s a bad idea. Shutting down the engine removes heat, but there’s enough residual heat in a burning e…

[image] Hogsnort: I remember reading a coastguard incident report about a stack fire aboard a Maersk ship on the East Coast. The fire was caused by the superheat tubes leaking. What I was taught was to prepare to fight the fire using copious amounts of water all at once. The fire is self sustain…

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https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjj6fzNtu71AhWfzTgGHagtDbkQFnoECAwQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marineinsight.com%2Ftech%2Fboiler%2Ftypes-of-exhaust-gas-boiler-egb-fires-and-ways-to-prevent-them%2F&usg=AOvVaw2MceD0qY1bcnySgUPGaGCC This article offers a good ov…

My memory is a victim of age but this is what I was looking for: https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwilg4XEuu71AhX7yjgGHXzrBGEQFnoECAcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F547c704be5274a4290000089%2FMaerskDohaReport.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3O…

[image] johnny.dollar: Some pretty big assumptions made in your comment. Diesel engine or boiler? What load is the engine running at (or how much excess air on the boiler). They’re not assumptions. They’re the result of both personal direct experience and critical thought about stack fires. …

[image] Kennebec_Captain: From Marine Firefighting - First Edition I’m very skeptical on the fire hot enough to turn water into fuel scenario…seems like if that were true, the world’s energy problem would be solved.

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