In the wake of the California liveaboard fire on the Conception, I’ve been wondering how other cold water dive locations do liveaboard fire and safety.
I live in Ontario, Canada, and there are no active liveaboards in Canadian Great Lakes waters that I know of. Nor are there any active liveaboards on the coast of British Columbia. So no regulations applying here to liveaboards at this time
I do see a number of Scapa Flow liveaboards, like the Valhalla and the Invincible. Can anybody describe the fire and safety regulations on British-water liveaboards? Escape hatches (eg position, size, not obscured by dive bunks)? Hull materials (eg steel preferred as fibreglass emits toxic smoke)? Any charging station regulations regarding lithium batteries which are known to catch fire? Crew review of emergency fire fighting procedures on each voyage?
Thanks for your thoughts. The Conception fire has certainly changed my needs when considering liveaboards.
I live in Ontario, Canada, and there are no active liveaboards in Canadian Great Lakes waters that I know of. Nor are there any active liveaboards on the coast of British Columbia. So no regulations applying here to liveaboards at this time
I do see a number of Scapa Flow liveaboards, like the Valhalla and the Invincible. Can anybody describe the fire and safety regulations on British-water liveaboards? Escape hatches (eg position, size, not obscured by dive bunks)? Hull materials (eg steel preferred as fibreglass emits toxic smoke)? Any charging station regulations regarding lithium batteries which are known to catch fire? Crew review of emergency fire fighting procedures on each voyage?
Thanks for your thoughts. The Conception fire has certainly changed my needs when considering liveaboards.