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Submitted by: Gary Akin, from
24-4 8ER Idea Exchange:
HALON and other gaseous fire extinguishers (FE)--Care should be taken to confirm that the required FEs on a vessel are CG-approved. Most of the new clean agent FEs being used to replace HALON require greater amounts to be as effective as HALON. While 2.5 pounds of HALON typically meets USCG requirements for Type B:I certification, the newer replacement clean agents typically require upwards of 5 pounds to be certified as a Type B:I.
+++ Submitted by: Hal Leahy , FSO-CS from
070-05-01 Idea Exchange:
Harvey Gilbert recommended that VEs carry MARPOL decals so that a boater does not fail a VSC for only that reason.
+++ Submitted by: Kay Lori, SO-PA from
070 07 Idea Exchange:
Publicity on Vessel Safety Check week helps the VE program. Please include on your home page the dates of "Mega Weeks" and any other dates we in PA can use to advertise. +++ Submitted by: Sue Lang, FSO-PA, VFC from
05/02/170 Idea Exchange:
Our local Teen and Youth Center generates a Community Coupon book every Spring. The books are sold as a fund raiser for the group. The Seward Flotilla offers a "Free Vessel Safety Check" in the booklet and the coupon is free of charge to the flotilla. We have had boaters walk up to our inspection station at one of the local launch ramps and present the coupon to us to get their free inspection. A telephone number is also included in the coupon so that boaters can contact us directly if they need the VSC. +++ Submitted by: Bill Gainey, FSO-PE, PV from
1300402 Idea Exchange:
When putting together display racks, I do it at home like an assembly line, with a hot glue gun. Lay a bead along the tabs as they stick through and along the seams from the back. you can also lay a small rectangular bead on the front and attach your business card.I always go in with a new rack ,filled. The times I find a rack already there, I take it with me and recycle it ,as it is not glued and is in pretty bad shape. I've "restored" several that had got wet or torn an weren't usable. It's amazing how more durable the gluing makes them. +++
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