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HEALTH & SAFETY SECTION TITLE


SIZE MATTERS T


he focus on safety of an offshore asset has never been as important as it is now and going forward into the decommissioning phase,


where the risks associated with safety and environmental critical elements are very different. Many of the assets are operating


way beyond their design life, and fire safety systems that are installed have been in place and operational since the asset first came into service. On other assets, they have been modified or replaced as the functionality changed. Conceptually, however, the emphasis has been very traditional - using established fire detection and protection solutions, splitting the asset into modules and preventing escalation between modules. In the event of a fire in a module the damage can be extensive, and for normally occupied areas this is more likely to result in panic. For switchgear and normally occupied


enclosures, there is a variety of gas suppression systems that either flood the room with inert gas to reduce the oxygen concentration, or chemically react with the fire to remove the energy from the flame. Following a discharge, large or heavy gas cylinders will be replaced with recharged ones, which is time consuming and expensive. Te safety expert Blaze sets out to minimise the likelihood of unwanted discharges by implementing a system that works on the voting of fire detectors. Tis is where more than one


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- but small is safer


When it comes to fire safety, technology can be deployed to ensure that a small fire does not become a big one, explains Andy van Vloten Martin


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