Modern materials fight fires better

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Replacement gas for the now banned halon, which proved lethal, is making fire-fighting onboard ship less of a hazard, writes Sandra Speares Firefighting training is just one of the courses that takes place at Wilhelmsen Ships Service's facility in Antwerp under the aegis of Roger Gundermann, technical manager Safely Service. Ships are equipped with both portable firefighting systems and breathing apparatus, but also fixed firefighting systems which could amount to many hundreds of cylinders, commonly using CO_2.