This is a Joint Industry Project to re- engineer an existing, stainless steel fire boom. The new boom design is reduced in size, weight, and cost. It is compatible with existing fire booms and be used to form a burn pocket, inserted between refractory fabric fire boom 'arms.' This will extend the life of the fabric boom and make the stainless steel boom easier to handle.
The boom was successfully tested in waves on Lake Erie in June 1998; with oil at the Ohmsett test facility in July 1998; in fire at the Mobile test tank in September 1998; and a tow test was done at Ohmsett on October 5, 1998. Finally, connector segments of the boom were stress tested to failure in the SL Ross laboratory in Ottawa, Canada during January, 1999. One connector survived 572,000 cycles which is equivalent to 26.5 days in sea state 3 with an average period of 4 sec. The contractor finished the final report and a paper was delivered at the 1999 Arctic and Marine Oil spill Program in Calgary, Canada on June 2-4.