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"A woman on one of the boats discovered the fire about 2:30 a.m.
after a smoke alarm woke her and she saw heavy smoke coming from
the boat's circuit breaker."

How would you prevent this type of fire from spreading from one
boat to the others ?
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...bn27boat3.html

"A woman on one of the boats discovered the fire about 2:30 a.m.
after a smoke alarm woke her and she saw heavy smoke coming from
the boat's circuit breaker."

How would you prevent this type of fire from spreading from one
boat to the others ?


To prevent a fire from happening in the first place:
-Frequent inspections of engines, electricity c.s. and the like to ensure the
boat is in a healthy condition.

To be warned IF a fire occurs after all:
-Smoke/fire detectors.

To prevent a fire from spreading like mad (to other yachts):
-Fire extinguishers,
-Use of non-flamable materials (paint, plastics, wood, etc),
-More space between yachts in a marina.

Pretty basic I guess.

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Marc Onrust wrote:

To prevent a fire from happening in the first place:
-Frequent inspections of engines, electricity c.s. and the
like to ensure the boat is in a healthy condition.

To be warned IF a fire occurs after all:
-Smoke/fire detectors.

To prevent a fire from spreading like mad (to other yachts):
-Fire extinguishers,
-Use of non-flamable materials (paint, plastics, wood, etc),
-More space between yachts in a marina.

Pretty basic I guess.


Why didn't they just move the other yachts out of their slips
before the fire got to them ?

Was it because everybody was sleeping and nobody woke up until
these yachts were already on fire ?

Perhaps some kind of heat or smoke detectors installed outside
these yachts could have saved them.

Installing cameras and hiring a security guard who stays up
at night could have saved them as well.

With 446 boats at the marina, each owner would have to pay less
than $10 a month to have a guard on duty 8 hours every night.
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Marc Onrust wrote in news:44043885$0
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How would you prevent this type of fire from spreading from one
boat to the others ?




Hell, that's easy. FORCE boat companies to put electrical breakers in NEMA
FIREPROOF ENCLOSURES....instead of pretty, but flammable, wooden boxes with
the wires all tied to the wood or plastic or fiberglass to make sure it
leaps into flames!

It never ceases to amaze me how noone questions a $300,000 yacht with a
breaker panel woodscrewed into a cabinet. What the hell are they thinking?

There wouldn't have been a fire in the boat, at all, if the electrical
system had been installed to NEC standards like your garage....

Why is this crap made so CHEAP?!

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Larry wrote:

Marc Onrust wrote in news:44043885$0
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How would you prevent this type of fire from spreading from one
boat to the others ?




Hell, that's easy. FORCE boat companies to put electrical breakers in NEMA
FIREPROOF ENCLOSURES....instead of pretty, but flammable, wooden boxes with
the wires all tied to the wood or plastic or fiberglass to make sure it
leaps into flames!

It never ceases to amaze me how noone questions a $300,000 yacht with a
breaker panel woodscrewed into a cabinet. What the hell are they thinking?

There wouldn't have been a fire in the boat, at all, if the electrical
system had been installed to NEC standards like your garage....

Why is this crap made so CHEAP?!


Larry, I totally agree! A car manufacturer wouldn't even dare to put that kind
of (lack of) quality in a $300,000 car.

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