NAVGRAM LESSONS LEARNED F H F 1 JAN 91 TO 31 JAN 91

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Subject: NAVGRAM LESSONS LEARNED F H F 1 JAN 91 TO 31 JAN 91             

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                C. LESSONS LEARNED:      PORTABLE EXTINGUISHERS.      THE MAIN
           PROBLEM WE HAVE FOUND IS    THAT PRESSURE CANISTER 30 lb CHEMICAL
           (PKP) TYPE WERE ORDERED INSTEAD OF 20 OR 30 lb CARTRIDGE TYPE.
           PRESSURE CANISTER TYPE CANNOT BE REFILLED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
           THEY REQUIRE ABOUT 200 PSI OF NITROGEN OR C02 ABOVE THE DRY
           POWDER AND SPECIAL TOOLS FOR FILLING. THE CARTRIDGE TYPE CAN BE
           REFILLED EASILY SIMPLY BY REFILLING THE CANISTER AND REPLACING
           THE C02 CARTRIDGE.      TWO BOXES OF EXTRA C02 CARTRIDGES WERE
           RECEIVED BUT NO UNITS THEMSELVES.      MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PKP WERE
           RECEIVED (ABOUT 337 -   5 GAL CANS). PROBABLY 10 CANS WOULD BE
           ENOUGH.   NO LARGE WHEELED (150 lb) DRY CHEMICAL UNITS WERE
           RECEIVED ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TWO 150 lb HALON UNITS ON THE HELD PAD
           WHICH ARE A MORE EFFECTIVE EXTINGUISHING AGENT.
            THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF PORTABLE EXTINGUISHERS.
           DRY CHEMICAL AND HALON EXTINGUISHERS ARE LOCATED AT THE HIGH
           HAZARD AREAS FOR CLASS 8 FIRES, C02 FOR CLASS C FIRES AND THE
           HELO PAD (2 - 50 lb UNITS) AND WATER PRESSURE CANS LOCATED
           THROUGHOUT THE BERTHING AND HOSPITAL AREA FOR CLASS A FIRE.
           D. RECOMMENDED ACTION: PORTABLE EXTINGUISHERS. CHANGE INVENTORY
           TO INCLUDE: 200  -  2 1/2 GAL WATER PRESSURE
                         30 -  5 lb HALON 1211
                         30 -  20 OR 30 lb CARTRIDGE TYPE PKP DRY CHEMICAL
                         20 -  15 lb C02
                           4-  50 lb C02
                           2-  150 lb HALON


           22. CHEMICAL FIRE   FIGHTING EXTINGUISHING AGENTS.
                A. OBSERVATION: MORE EFFECTIVE AND SUITABLE AMOUNTS OF FIRE
           FIGHTING EXTINGUISHING AGENTS ARE NEEDED TO BECOME PART OF THE
           INVENTORY PACKAGE FOR FIELD HOSPITALS.
                B. DISCUSSION: THE INITIAL INVENTORY AND PLANNING FOR THE
          FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHING AGENTS INCLUDED;
                (1)   0 - ADDITIONAL AFFF
                (2) 337 - 5 GAL CANS PKP
                C. LESSON LEARNED: EXTINGUISHING AGENTS.
                (1)   AFFF - NO ADDITIONAL AFFF WAS ORDERED ORIGINALLY.
           ADDITIONAL AFFF WAS ORDERED AND RECEIVED AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE
           300 GAL OF 3% AFFF IN 55 GAL DRUMS AND 360 GAL OF 6% AFFF IN 5
           GAL CANS. THIS IS SOMEWHAT IN EXCESS NOW. 100 GAL OF AFFF IN 55
           GAL DRUMS AND 200 GAL IN 5 GAL CANS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. 3% AFFF
           IS BETTER THAN 6% AFFF BECAUSE IT MAKES TWICE AS MUCH PRODUCT.
           (100 GAL OF 3% AFFF WOULD PRODUCE 3333 GAL OF PRODUCT AND 100 GAL
           OF 6% WOULD PRODUCE 1666 GAL OF PRODUCT.-)
                (2) PKP     CURRENTLY THERE ARE 337 - 5 GAL CANS OF PKP ON
           HAND. ABOUT 10    5 GAL CANS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
                D. RECOMMENDED ACTION:       EXTINGUISHING AGENTS - CHANGE
           INVENTORY TO INCLUDE;
                (1) AFFF - 100 GAL 3% IN 55  GAL DRUMS
                         - 200 GAL 3% IN 5 GAL CANS
                (2) PKP - 10 - 5 GAL CANS







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