safety equipment

Hi y'all When were these "FRDs" added? I heard they were Fire retardant doors. They're most visible on Olympic's 1933 General Arrangement plans on the hallway aft on B and C-Decks thanks for the help!

In the movie, as y'all know, Rose needed a axe to rescue Jack, and she found a axe incase of a fire. Was there really one on the ship?

What kind of systems or anything on board did the Titanic or Olympic have to prevent the spread of a fire at sea? Or did they have anything at all? I know there was that coal bunker fire, but that's been discussed to death and I'm moreso picturing a fire similar to that of the SS Morro Castle 22...

Can anyone say with absolute certainty where the switch to close the watertight doors was located? I have found a number of sources that say it was in the wheelhouse. Others indicate that the switch was on the bridge. For example, Hitchens states in the British hearing that Murdoch...

Did the Titanic have any fire extinguishers aboard? Did it have an automatic sprinkler system? Reason for the question I found that the first patent for a fire extinguisher was 1863 And the first patent for an automatic sprinkler system was 1872 Concerning the safety of the ship I should...

Hi all, I was reading over the technical posts and noticed no one had posted, or perhaps knew of this feature. As we all know the Titanic was fitted with the most up to date safety features of her day, including a unique fire detection system. Near the Bridge was the Master Fire Station. A...

Hello, Just yesterday I was reading a book about the explosion and sinking of the riverboat "Sultana" in 1865 (with the loss in life of about 1700 Union soldiers recently paroled from Andersonville and Cahaba prisons). The book briefly talked about what could have been done to fight the...