What would you do if fire or smoke is detected onboard?

What would you do if fire or smoke is detected onboard?

As soon as a fire is detected, several actions should be taken to ensure the safety of the vessel and the personnel.

1. General alarm should be sounded.
2. Bridge team should be informed.
3. Fire party should muster.
4. The fire should be isolated, by closing ventilation system, skylights, doors, boundary cooling, etc.

What should be your first action if you discover a fire a board ship?

If any of the ship’s personnel should discover a fire, they should immediately activate the nearest fire alarm switch and then contact the bridge or engine room, to report the location of the fire and should inform anyone met on the way. All other personnel must report to their muster points on hearing the alarm.

How do you deal with a fire on a board?

The best way to deal with fires on board ships is to prevent them rather than letting them occur. Breaking out of fire in a place where no fire exist is called “ignition”, whereas “flash” is a term used for fire eruption in a new place as a result of flames from an existing fire in a nearby place (the ignition source).

What are the six types of emergency on board ship?

These are the different types of emergency alarms or signal onboard ship that is installed to give audio-visual warnings:

• 1) General Alarm:
• 2) Fire Alarm on the Ship:
• 3) Man Overboard Alarm:
• 4) Abandon Ship Alarm:
• 5) Navigational Alarm:
• 6) Machinery Space Alarm:
• 7) Machinery Space CO2 Alarm:
• 8) Cargo Space CO2 Alarm:

When there is a fire on board?

Stand 10 to 15 feet away from the fire and squeeze the handle, aiming at the base of the fire not the smoke. Once the fire is out, vent and clear the compartment of smoke. Assign someone to watch and ensure that the fire doesn’t reignite, and make sure they have the tools to fight it further if it becomes necessary.

What is the first thing to do on seeing the cargo fire?

The initial action for dealing with a fire in a cargo hold will be the same regardless of whether a ship is at sea or in port. Upon discovering such a fire, either visually or through the smoke detector, the Emergency Alarm must be sounded at once and the Emergency Party mustered.

How can you tell if there is a cargo hold fire?

When there is a fire, the sampling pipe turns dark which can be seen in the transparent pipe of the particular cargo hold. The same sampling pipe is connected to bank of co2 bottles with the help of changeover valve.

How does foam stop a fire?

Firefighting foams have been developed primarily to deal with the hazards posed by liquid fuel fires. These air filled bubbles form a blanket that floats on the surface of flammable liquids. In so doing, the foam suffocates the fire and can lead to the knockdown and extinction of the flames.

What are the three techniques used to fight fires?

The following are the basic firefighting techniques that exist:

• Direct Attack Technique. This must be the most well-known technique for firefighting.
• Indirect Attack Technique.
• The Combination Attack Technique.
• Fog Attack Technique.
• The “Two Lines In” Technique.

What is fire fighting in ship?

A fireboat is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with firefighting equipment.

How do ships crash?

Grounding and Collision The ships are propelled by massive marine engines driving the propeller while the direction is controlled by the rudder. There have been many cases reported of grounding, which is bottom of the ship scrapping on the ground or on rocks near to the shore.

Why Cannot ships lose their direction at sea?

Explanation: The ocean may be huge, and navigation technology may be advanced – but the conditions are still in place for ocean collisions like the one between a tanker and US navy destroyer this week.