Collaborative Hazard Control: Designing a Digital Fire Control Center for Enhanced Safety on Ships

Graphics Interface, pp. 1–15

Abstract

Every day, thousands of vessels of varying sizes traverse the world’s seas, posing significant risks of ship loss, cargo damage, and loss of crew lives due to onboard fires, which can rapidly escalate beyond control. With the ongoing advancement towards highly automated or autonomous ships, the challenge of ensuring an adequate number of experienced firefighters onboard will diminish. Consequently, enabling external firefighting personnel or operators stationed in control rooms to oversee the overall situation becomes crucial in guiding less-experienced crew members in fire containment and prevention efforts. This necessity for future autonomous vessels and current manned ones underscores the importance of enhancing shared situational awareness and establishing platforms for informed decision-making and communication.

Authors 5

1. Felix-Marcel Petermann

   Norwegian University of Science and Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

2. Hedvig Aminoff

   Norwegian University of Science and Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

3. Erik Styhr Petersen

   Norwegian University of Science and Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

4. Leander Pantelatos

   Norwegian University of Science and Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

5. Julia Burgén
   Affiliation as printed

   Research Institute Sweden (RI.SE), Sweden