Fires & Explosions

Although fire fighting training is a very important part  of every seafarers education, there is no substitute for the real thing. Nothing will spoil your day more than a fire at sea.

A modern FiFi3 fire fighting tug has awesome pumping capacity and can throw 3t of water per second over a distance of 200m at 14 bar pressure. It is sometimes possible to put out oil fires with sheer volume of  water.

However, a poorly aimed monitor can wreak havoc in a very short time and could quickly turn a vessel with a minor fire into a Constructive Total Loss, smashing portholes demolishing internal panels, buckling  bulkheads and flooding engine rooms possibly causing a vessel to capsise.

With an involvement in over 40 ship fires, we believe our practical experience in this field is unrivalled.

Stirling Salvage Limited

Braidwood Farm

Penicuik

Midlothian 

EH26 9LP

Scotland