National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Report: Fire on Board theU.S. Fish Processing Vessel Alaska Spirit, Seward, Alaska, May 27, 1995

摘要

About 0200 on May 27, 1995, the U.S. fish processing vessel ALASKA SPIRIT caughtfire and burned while moored alongside a dock at the Seward Marine Industrial Center, Seward, Alaska. Firefighters extinguished the fire at 1100. The master of the vessel died, and damage to the vessel was estimated at $3 million. The safety issues addressed in the following report are: adequacy of noncombustible construction standards for uninspected commercial fishing industry vessels; adequacy of fire detection and fire suppression equipment; drills and readiness of on-board firefighting hoses; and existing vessel fire safety standards.