@article{Protection:11077,
      recid = {11077},
      author = {Savage, I and Glockling, J},
      title = {Fire Protection for Naval Automated Vessels},
      journal = {Conference Proceedings of EAAW},
      address = {2023-11-29},
      abstract = {As the use of automated vessels increases, the challenges  of effective fire protection measures becomes more  prevalent. From remote or automated intervention and fixed  firefighting methods through to confirmation of fires being  extinguished, there is a challenge to integrate the right  systems and to ensure they are sufficiently robust to  deliver their performance with a high degree of  certainty.
This paper will investigate the nuances of fire  protection requirements and functional solutions for the  new generation of Naval Autonomous Surface Vessels (N-ASV)  and will consider some of the challenges still to be  overcome in the implementation of solutions.
Starting with  ‘why do we need a different approach to N-ASV fire  protection’ consideration will be given to some of the  requirements that may drive an approach, together with the  continued requirement for fire protection, when there is no  risk to life.
Fire containment, situational awareness  including detection, and suppression /extinction will be  deliberated, together with approaches that could be  considered in the definition of the fire protection  arrangements for a N-ASV. How does the evolving layout of  the N-ASVs influence fire protection? How can machinery  control be better used to suppress a fire?
Situation  awareness is an important part of firefighting and today  much of this is gained through either dedicated detectors  or people; what might our options be to maintain and  increase situational awareness, and how can we better use  other system sensor arrangements to detect fire and its  precursors?
These approaches in many instances can be  achieved with equipment and systems already used for fire  protection either at sea or onshore; where appropriate the  use of systems either developed, but not marinized, or  still in development will be identified together with the  application of more traditional marinised fire protection  technologies.},
      url = {http://library.imarest.org/record/11077},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.24868/11077},
}