Front Cover; Ship Fire Prevention; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; UNITS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE:MATERIALS AND METHODS; CHAPTER 1. DETAILS OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; A. GENERAL; B. FIRST AID EXTINGUISHERS; C. MAJOR EQUIPMENT; D. BREATHING APPARATUS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; CHAPTER 2.FIRE PUMPS; DUAL PURPOSE AND SINGLE PURPOSE PUMPS; TYPES OF FIRE PUMPS; PRINCIPLES OF THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; ESTIMATION OF HEAD; TYPES OF PRIMING DEVICE; NON SELF-PRIMING PUMPS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; THE WORTHINGTON SIMPSON EMERGENCY SUBMERSIBLE FIRE AND BILGE PUMP

GAS TURBINE DRIVEN EMERGENCY PUMPSCHAPTER 3.THE EFFECT OF FREE WATER ON SHIP STABILITY; EFFECT ON METACENTRIC HEIGHT; LARGE ANGLES OF HEEL; PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; TRIM; 4.EXTRACTS FROM RULES AND REGULATIONS; PASSENGER SHIPS; ELECTRICAL RULES; AMERICAN RULES; PART TWO:ENGINEERING ASPECTS; 5.ANTI-FIRE DATA FOR FUELS; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; MEASUREMENTS RELATING TO FIRE RISK; FLAMMABILITY; CHAPTER6. PROTECTION OF STEAM RAISING PLANT; FIRES IN BOILER ROOMS; FIRES IN GAS HEAT EXCHANGERS; CHAPTER 7.PREVENTION OF EXPLOSIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; CRANKCASE FIRE RISK; PROTECTION IN TANKERS

LIQUID GAS CARRIERSCHAPTER 8.SHIPS IN PORT; FIRE BRIGADES; SPECIFIC CASES OF FIRES; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS; ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS; INDEX