The Cutting Extinguisher Special Applications

1. The Cutting ExtinguisherSpecial Applications CCS Partner meeting, September 2013, Anders Trewe

2. Cobra on special applications Navy Coast Guard MIRG Salvage Nuclear Industrial

3. Maritime • Navy – Firefighting onboard own ship • Coast Guard – Fire and Rescue at Sea • MIRG – Maritime Incident Rescue Groups • Salvage – saving property at sea

4. Shipboard Fires

5. Shipboard Fires sec min min hrs

6. Shipboard Fires (Örlogsboken, Försvarsmakten, 2003)

7. Shipboard Firescuttingextinguishermethodintegrated (Fritt efter Örlogsboken, Försvarsmakten, 2003)

8. Emerging Arenas – Atalanta Operation Photo: Lt Anna Norén/Försvarsmakten/Combat Camera.

9. Emerging Arenas - Atalanta OperationCostal Corvettes HMS Malmö and HMS Stockholm • 2008 • Oct, Formal Request • Dec, Gov. decision • 2009 • Feb – Seaworthiness Inspection • Apr– Sea Lift Ships, SE • May 5th 2009, Arrival Djibouti • May 9th 2009, On Patrol

10. Emerging Arenas – Atalanta Operation • Problem • Swedish Costal Corvettes on open sea mission • Low or none fire zone classification • Neither time, nor funds for retrofitting standard solutions • Solution • Cutting extinguisher deemed as equivalent to A-60 fire zone • Naval adapted specs of the cutting extinguisher • CCS developed the C330D Marine Unit in close cooperation with Royal Swedish Navy in 4 months

11. C330D Marine Unit

12. LightWeight Composite StructuresVisby Class Stealth Corvettes Photo: Kockums

13. The ThermosEffect

14. LightWeight Composite Structures • Problems • “Thermos effect” - Containing fire not an option • Boundary cooling not feasible - Must fight fire in the compartment • How to handle breeched fixed installed fifi systems? • Low classified fire zones? Concealed areas? • BA-attacks adding oxygen, high risk procedure for crew and ship • Solution • Cutting extinguisher as standard procedure and for redundancy • Safe position – outside of the fire zone • Fast deployment and boundary cooling from inside of thermos • Mitigates back draught • Buys time for BA to muster In addition; less water = less stability issues, clearing tool for evac

15. C330H Naval Kit Photo: SAAB/Cold Cut Systems

16. Salvage, MIRG and Coast Guard

17. RoPax/Passenger – VicenzoFlorio 2009 - 500 pax evacuated, loss 25%, Euro 20 000 000

18. Container Cargo – Charlotte Maersk Malacka Strait, July 7th 2010, Cobra deployed T+5 days

19. Container Cargo – Charlotte Maersk • 8160 TEU • Cobra on deckafter 5 days • Made a difference • Initial explosion set 150 containers on firewith in hours • Hard to get to containers at 1000 C • 11 daystogaincontrol • Unknowncostofdamage

20. RoRo/RoPax – Lisco Gloria October 2010 - Total loss: 525 000 000 DKR or 68 000 000 Euro

21. Container Cargo Salvage – Yang Ming Green

22. Industrial applications • Nuclear Power Plants • Steel plant • Chemicalindustries and refineries

23. Nuclear Power Plants

24. Nuclear Powerplants Main Objectives • Initial response stabilize conditions with finite resources before municipal FRS arrive • Contain the incident within the fire cell • Prevent contamination (run off water, gases) • Limited ventilation possibilities / undesired • Attack without shut down power supply/transmission • BA operations as last alternative (and in a safer environment)

25. Specific risks atNuclear Power Plants • Autoxidation (especially insulated pipes) • Fire in transformer stations • Cable channels (over or under ground) • Electrical cabinets and rooms • Indoor explosions • Carbon filters and other ventilation • Battery rooms • Roof fires • Non-sprinklered high risk objects • Confidential risks objects

26. COBRA Acheivements -Nuclear Power Plants • Efficiency: • The Cobra offers rapid and efficientintervention from a safe position – outside the fire cell. • 1-2 minutes of Cobra intervention will make a dramatic stabilizing effect on the situation. • Containment: • No inside attack • No influence on ventilation • No contaminated water run off • No breach of security barrier / fire cell • Finite resources: • A Cobra attack requires 2 fire fighters and can be fast at the scene before the full team and all resources arrives

27. COBRA achivements –Nuclear Powerplants • Integrated approach: • If a BA attack and other conventional methods are necessary, it will be in a safer environment for the BA team if you first start the intervention by using Cobra • Suitability: • Dielectric test verified the Cobra for the NPP environment • Attack possible with Cobra without shutting down power supply

28. Steel plant, equivalenttechnology, insurancesolution

29. Steel plant, example • High fire risk production • Smelter site with complex filter construction • High cost for investments and re-investments • €4,000,000 invested, re-investment at approx €10.000.000 • Heavy investments in sprinkler systems required • Approx €700,000 + 10-20% yearly maintenance • Contious production process • Great revenue loss if production halts

30. Cobra achivements – Steel Plant • Insurance company recognize Cobra as technology equivalent for sprinkler • Investment in Fast Response Unit, deployed at local Fire & Rescue Service, availiable 24-7 • Investment at 20% of sprinkler • €140.000 instead of €700.000 • Cobra used a handful times, ROI on first use. • In addition, Societal benefits from Cobra at FRS

31. Chemical industries and refineries • High pressure production • Production stops involve extremly high costs • High risk and costly incidents • Firefighters • Environment • Revenue loss

32. Cobra achievemnets - Chemical industries and Refineries • Release pressures and fight fires in safe ways • From outside • With use in combination of robot • Reduce environment impact • Minimize revenue loss due to production stops

33. www.coldcutsystems.com Thank you for your time! Anders Trewe, Cold Cut Systems