Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting. Test 16

If you discover a fire, what is the most important action to take?

What would you do if someone's clothes catch fire?

What should you do if a pan of fat or cooking oil catches fire in the galley?

What item of fire extinguishing equipment, usually found in the galley, is particularly effective on fires involving hot cooking oil?

How do you direct a fire nozzle under full water pressure?

Which activity will have the greatest fire-fighting effect in case of a fire?

What is the best strategy for the master to follow after receiving the initial information of a fire on board?

To call an urgent meeting of senior officers to discuss a comprehensive plan of attack
To put the engineers on stand-by with orders to run the fire pumps, emergency pump, and other vital auxiliary engine room facilities
To prepare the ship's hospital for treatment of casualties
Immediate response and rapid attack by the emergency party

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