U.S. Army Aviation & Troop Command, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd, St.Louis, Mo. 63120-1798

20 -- INSTALLATION OF WATER MIST FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS ON BOARD VARIOUS ARMY WATERCRAFT POC Ron Haws, Contract Specialist, 314-263-2899 or Laverne R. Riebold, Contracting Officer, 314-263-2909. The U.S. Army is considering installing water mist fire extinguishing systems onboard all Army watercraft for protection of machinery and flammable liquid storage spaces presently protected by halon 1201 fixed fire extinguishing systems. There are approximately 60 effected watercraft which have machinery spaces ranging in size from 75 cubic meters to 1225 cubic meters of volume. The U.S. Army is requesting information from interested water mist system manufactures, including international manufactures with U.S. representatives, regarding system capabilities and testing progress to date. Of particular interest to the Army is information regarding manufacturers' progress towards meeting the requirements of the International Maritime Organization's Marine Safety Circular 668 (including Annex) for both nozzle component and System fire test performance. For those manufactures or companies who feel that they could provide this equipment to perform the aforementioned, please call Ron Haws at 314-263-2899. (0145)

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