On Oct 15, 3:05*pm, "Charles Momsen" wrote:
"Bart" wrote in message

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What safety gear would you have near a propane
stove in the galley?

1 pt

1. Master shut off valve for propane.
2. Fire hood.
3. Cover for stove.
4. CO detector.
5. Vent fan.
6. Fire extinguisher located near exit.
7. Heavy duty oven mitts or M-60 barrel changing mitts.
8. Halon or purple K in a can/small bucket/bottle.
9. Propane leak detector.

Can you explain what a fire hood is?

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:51:57 -0700 (PDT), Bart
wrote:

On Oct 15, 3:05*pm, "Charles Momsen" wrote:
"Bart" wrote in message

...

What safety gear would you have near a propane
stove in the galley?

1 pt

1. Master shut off valve for propane.
2. Fire hood.
3. Cover for stove.
4. CO detector.
5. Vent fan.
6. Fire extinguisher located near exit.
7. Heavy duty oven mitts or M-60 barrel changing mitts.
8. Halon or purple K in a can/small bucket/bottle.
9. Propane leak detector.

Can you explain what a fire hood is?

He may mean a smoke hood.
http://www.smokehoods.com/products/scu_main.aspx

I know a number of people who fly regularly and who stay in hotels,
mostly in Asia.
They have these at hand to offer at least an opportunity to escape the
all too often fires




OzOne of the three twins

I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.

On Oct 17, 12:23*am, OzOne wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:51:57 -0700 (PDT), Bart



wrote:
On Oct 15, 3:05*pm, "Charles Momsen" wrote:
"Bart" wrote in message

...

What safety gear would you have near a propane
stove in the galley?

1 pt

1. Master shut off valve for propane.
2. Fire hood.
3. Cover for stove.
4. CO detector.
5. Vent fan.
6. Fire extinguisher located near exit.
7. Heavy duty oven mitts or M-60 barrel changing mitts.
8. Halon or purple K in a can/small bucket/bottle.
9. Propane leak detector.

Can you explain what a fire hood is?

He may mean a smoke hood.http://www.smokehoods.com/products/scu_main.aspx

I know a number of people who fly regularly and who stay in hotels,
mostly in Asia.
They have these at hand to offer at least an opportunity to escape the
all too often fires

OzOne of the three twins

I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.

Very interesting. I've seen these on Air Force jets.

OzOne wrote:

He may mean a smoke hood.http://www.smokehoods.com/products/scu_main.aspx

I know a number of people who fly regularly and who stay in hotels,
mostly in Asia.
They have these at hand to offer at least an opportunity to escape the
all too often fires


, Bart wrote:
Very interesting. *I've seen these on Air Force jets.

For a long time, I carried one in my car... partly a safety
precaution, partly because I had an inventory of a dozen or so and had
them recertified & redistributed every 6 months and I just seemed to
not be all that organized.

Better to have it and not need it, than to etc etc...

I like the idea of carrying one (or two) to strange hotels.
Thanks Oz!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:07:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

OzOne wrote:

He may mean a smoke hood.http://www.smokehoods.com/products/scu_main.aspx

I know a number of people who fly regularly and who stay in hotels,
mostly in Asia.
They have these at hand to offer at least an opportunity to escape the
all too often fires


, Bart wrote:
Very interesting. *I've seen these on Air Force jets.

For a long time, I carried one in my car... partly a safety
precaution, partly because I had an inventory of a dozen or so and had
them recertified & redistributed every 6 months and I just seemed to
not be all that organized.

Better to have it and not need it, than to etc etc...

I like the idea of carrying one (or two) to strange hotels.
Thanks Oz!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Hope you never need it!




OzOne of the three twins

I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:34:12 -0700 (PDT), Bart
wrote:


Very interesting. I've seen these on Air Force jets.


We carry a couple in the planes when ferrying...ours will supply 60
mins of air...might just get you down in a cockpit full of smoke....or
at least let you see what you're gonna hit




OzOne of the three twins

I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.

"Bart" wrote in message
...
On Oct 15, 3:05 pm, "Charles Momsen" wrote:
"Bart" wrote in message

...

What safety gear would you have near a propane
stove in the galley?

1 pt

1. Master shut off valve for propane.
2. Fire hood.
3. Cover for stove.
4. CO detector.
5. Vent fan.
6. Fire extinguisher located near exit.
7. Heavy duty oven mitts or M-60 barrel changing mitts.
8. Halon or purple K in a can/small bucket/bottle.
9. Propane leak detector.

Can you explain what a fire hood is?

A firehood is used to contain flames and heat. There are many types for many
different applications. Next time you are in Home Depot or any of the big
box stores look up at the ceiling. You'll see something like curtains or
barriers about every 30 feet or so. This is to stop heat, flames and
pyrolysis gases from spreading along the underside of the ceiling. Steel
weakens considerably under heat, so the intent of the curtains/hood is to
limit the structural failure to a small area. You see the same principle in
platform framed houses with fire blocks (cats) installed halfway up inside
the wall between the studs (it looks like a horizontal stiffener).
Restaurants have them above the stove, it doubles as an exhaust hood and
looks like a big stainless steel funnel. In the case of a boat, a firehood
would look like a normal kitchen style exhaust hood but a bit deeper and
would not allow flames to escape around the sides, flames and heat go up
into the hood and not onto nearby wood, fabric, maps, etc. The proper name
for the thing is probably something other than firehood. The thing just
slows down the spread of a fire, hopefully enough to allow people to escape
and give time to fight the source of the flames.

Most boat galleys:

http://tinyurl.com/6df9bv

Are a conflagaration waiting to happen. Feeding stoves with pressurized gas
(propane) is really asking for it.