Engine rooms are particularly vulnerable to fire, due to numerous flammable materials and fire
sources located in a relatively small area. Low pressure water mist are used as protection of machinery spaces and high risk areas, extinguish fires in a short time and limiting damages to a minimum.

Total flooding and local protection systems are installed in several areas with high risk of fire:

• Machinery spaces

• Battery room

• Emergency generator room

• Switchboard room

• Incinerator room

• Boiler room

• Control room

• Storage room

• Garage

In Machinery spaces, a low expansion foam may be used to extinguish flammable liquid fires such
as fuel fires in bilge areas.

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According to DNV, nearly 2/3 of the fires on ships have their source in the engine room. Fire-extinguishing systems are of great importance as a fire in engine rooms may disable the
ship.