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160 Fire Fighting Basic

1. Where can you find an overview of where the powder extinguishers are located?

The fire control and safety plan

2. Do we call it "suffocating the fire" when we remove the oxygen from the fire?

Yes
3. Does there have to be oxygen present to light a flammable gas?

Yes
4. What fire extinguisher is most suitable for putting out fires in metal?

Special powder
5. Can National Maritime Authorities and Classification Societies require additions to the SOLAS
requirements?

Yes
6. Does the Muster list and the Emergency Instructions contain information relevant only to the
deck officers?

No, all crew members and other personnel onboard

7. In order for there to be a fire, there has to be an unbroken chain reaction between three
components. One of the components is the combustible material. What do you think are the
two other components that have to be present in order to start a fire?

Oxygen

Heat
8. For most products the fire will die out when the oxygen content is reduced to?

12%
9. How do we normally remove the heat from a class A fire?

Use of water or foam

10. The temperature at which a product will give sufficient vapour that can be ignited is known as
the . point of the material

Ignition
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12. Which of these materials has the best heat conduction?

Metal
13. What does heat radiation mean?

A process of emitting heat waves

14. CO2 is especially suitable for fighting one or more of the fire categories, which category?

Class B, Oil and other flammable liquids

Class C, Gasses
15. Which fire extinguisher's could you use to put out burning oil?

C02

Dry Powder

16. A CO2 system extinguishes a fire in a protected space by...

Depriving the fire of oxygen

17. Is this statement true or false? "Always attempt to extinguish a fire before sounding the alarm"

False
18. A sprinkler system is normally used to protect the...................

Accommodation area
19. ............ is listed as a CFC gas, as of January 1st 1994 .......... system is not installed onboard
new ships.

Halon
20. Where do you always find operation and maintenance instructions for the extinguishers?

On the label of the extinguisher

21. Who is in charge of the operation if there is a fire in accommodation?

Chief Officer
22. Which team/squad has the following duties? Stop requested ventilation, close fire flaps and
start emergency fire pump if ordered.

Technical squad
23. What kind of work is hot work?

Grinding
24. What do you do if you detect a fire?

Activate the alarm and then try to extinguish the fire

25. What information can you find on the fire control plan?

The location of the fire-fighting appliances

26. It is important to get familiarized with the emergency exits on board the vessel, at what time
should this be done?

Immediately after boarding

27. What type of fire detectors is the first to go of in case of a fire?

Smoke detectors
28. Emergency compressed air breathing escape sets onboard, shall have a duration of service no
less then:

15 minutes
29. According to SOLAS the breathing air apparatus that must be onboard shall have sufficient
capacity for how many minutes of operation?

30 minutes