Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting. Test 16

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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