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Selected issues of reliability and availability in marine vessel fire alarm systems

ISSN printed: 1733-8670, ISSN on-line: 2392-0378
Bistrović, Miroslav1
URI: https://repository.am.szczecin.pl/handle/123456789/2567
2019-12-27
Today, every industry is striving for the highest efficiency and best economic results possible, with the greatest possible competitiveness. But in maritime affairs, human safety and environmental protection are the foundations of sustainability. To achieve this, marine systems must be reliable, high quality and easy to maintain. Because of this, reliability has become an important factor in safety, which remains relevant throughout the lifetimes of ship systems, including fire alarm systems. In this paper we address a number of issues connected with the reliability – and ‘availability’ of these systems. Firstly, ship fire alarm systems consist of various components whose individual reliability affect the system’s overall reliability. Discussions of reliability in ship fire alarm systems normally focus on the length of a system’s useful life or performance during design-based fire events. In addition to the reliability of systems, their availability for use is also crucial given the possibility that the system may need to operate at any point in time.
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Title

Selected issues of reliability and availability in marine vessel fire alarm systems

Pages

177-183

Figures

5

Tables

2

ISSN printed

1733-8670

ISSN on-line

2392-0378

DOI

10.17402/387

Type

Journal

60 Scientific Journals of the Maritime University of Szczecin, no. 60 / 2019

Publisher

Scientific Journals Maritime University of Szczecin, Zeszyty Naukowe Akademia Morska w Szczecinie

Copyright Holder

Scientific Journals Maritime University of Szczecin, Zeszyty Naukowe Akademia Morska w Szczecinie

Published

2019-12-27

Recieved

2019-08-21

Accepted

2019-10-24

Funding

No data

Keywords

reliability, safety, protection, availability, fire alarm system, human factor

URI:

https://repository.am.szczecin.pl/handle/123456789/2567

Language

English

Authors

Bistrović, Miroslav1

Affiliation

1 University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies, Croatia, mbistrov@pfri.hr

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