Transcript The Cutting Extinguisher

The Cutting Extinguisher
Special Applications
CCS Partner meeting, September 2013, Anders Trewe
Cobra on special applications
Navy
Coast
Guard
MIRG
Salvage
Nuclear
Industrial
Maritime
Navy – Firefighting onboard own ship
Coast Guard – Fire and Rescue at Sea
MIRG – Maritime Incident Rescue Groups
Salvage – saving property at sea
Shipboard Fires
Shipboard Fires
hrs
Shipboard Fires
(Örlogsboken, Försvarsmakten, 2003)
Shipboard Fires
cutting extinguisher method integrated
(Fritt efter Örlogsboken, Försvarsmakten, 2003)
Emerging Arenas – Atalanta Operation
Photo: Lt Anna Norén/Försvarsmakten/Combat
Camera.
Emerging Arenas - Atalanta Operation
Costal Corvettes HMS Malmö and HMS
Stockholm
2008
Oct, Formal Request
Dec, Gov. decision
2009
Feb – Seaworthiness
Inspection
Apr– Sea Lift Ships, SE
May 5th 2009, Arrival
Djibouti
May 9th 2009, On Patrol
Emerging Arenas – Atalanta Operation
Problem
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Swedish Costal Corvettes on open sea mission
Low or none fire zone classification
Neither time, nor funds for retrofitting standard
solutions
Solution
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Cutting extinguisher deemed as equivalent to A60 fire zone
Naval adapted specs of the cutting extinguisher
CCS developed the C330D Marine Unit in close
cooperation with Royal Swedish Navy in 4 months
C330D Marine Unit
Light Weight Composite Structures
Visby Class Stealth Corvettes
Photo: Kockums
The Thermos Effect
Light Weight Composite Structures
Problems
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“Thermos effect” - Containing fire not an option
Boundary cooling not feasible - Must fight fire in the
compartment
How to handle breeched fixed installed fifi systems?
Low classified fire zones? Concealed areas?
BA-attacks adding oxygen, high risk procedure for crew and
ship
Solution
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Cutting extinguisher as standard procedure and for
redundancy
Safe position – outside of the fire zone
Fast deployment and boundary cooling from inside of
thermos
C330H Naval Kit
Photo: SAAB/Cold Cut
Systems
Salvage, MIRG and Coast Guard
RoPax/Passenger – Vicenzo Florio
2009 - 500 pax evacuated, loss 25%, Euro 20 000 000
Container Cargo – Charlotte Maersk
Malacka Strait, July 7th 2010, Cobra deployed T+5 days
Container Cargo – Charlotte Maersk
8160 TEU
Cobra on deck after 5
days
Made a difference
Initial explosion set 150
containers on fire with
in hours
Hard to get to
containers at 1000 C
11 days to gain control
Unknown cost of
damage
RoRo/RoPax – Lisco Gloria
October 2010 - Total loss: 525 000 000 DKR or 68 000 000 Euro
Container Cargo Salvage – Yang Ming
Green
Industrial applications
Nuclear Power Plants
Steel plant
Chemical industries and refineries
Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Powerplants Main Objectives
Initial response stabilize conditions with finite
resources before municipal FRS arrive
Contain the incident within the fire cell
Prevent contamination (run off water, gases)
Limited ventilation possibilities / undesired
Attack without shut down power
supply/transmission
BA operations as last alternative (and in a safer
environment)
Specific risks at
Nuclear Power Plants
Autoxidation (especially insulated pipes)
Fire in transformer stations
Cable channels (over or under ground)
Electrical cabinets and rooms
Indoor explosions
Carbon filters and other ventilation
Battery rooms
Roof fires
Non-sprinklered high risk objects
Confidential risks objects
COBRA Acheivements Nuclear Power Plants
Efficiency:
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The Cobra offers rapid and efficient intervention from a
safe position – outside the fire cell.
1-2 minutes of Cobra intervention will make a dramatic
stabilizing effect on the situation.
Containment:
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No inside attack
No influence on ventilation
No contaminated water run off
No breach of security barrier / fire cell
Finite resources:
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A Cobra attack requires 2 fire fighters and can be fast at the
scene before the full team and all resources arrives
COBRA achivements –
Nuclear Powerplants
Integrated approach:
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If a BA attack and other conventional methods are
necessary, it will be in a safer environment for the BA team
if you first start the intervention by using Cobra
Suitability:
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Dielectric test verified the Cobra for the NPP environment
Attack possible with Cobra without shutting down power
supply
Steel plant,
equivalent technology, insurance
solution
Steel plant, example
High fire risk production
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Smelter site with complex filter construction
High cost for investments and re-investments
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€4,000,000 invested, re-investment at approx
€10.000.000
Heavy investments in sprinkler systems
required
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Approx €700,000 + 10-20% yearly maintenance
Contious production process
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Great revenue loss if production halts
Cobra achivements –
Steel Plant
Insurance company recognize Cobra as
technology equivalent for sprinkler
Investment in Fast Response Unit, deployed
at local Fire & Rescue Service, availiable 247
Investment at 20% of sprinkler
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€140.000 instead of €700.000
Cobra used a handful times, ROI on first use.
In addition, Societal benefits from Cobra at
FRS
Chemical industries and refineries
High pressure production
Production stops involve extremly high costs
High risk and costly incidents
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Firefighters
Environment
Revenue loss
Cobra achievemnets Chemical industries and Refineries
Release pressures and fight fires in safe
ways
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From outside
With use in combination of robot
Reduce environment impact
Minimize revenue loss due to production
stops
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Thank you for your time!
Anders Trewe, Cold Cut Systems