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Fire Safety

7 lessons

The complete shipboard fire-fighting syllabus: fire classes and extinguishers, detectors, CO2, sprinklers, fire main, foam, inert gas, fire plans and muster lists.

This chapter collects 7 illustrated lessons on Fire Safety as part of Safety, ordered as they are best studied. It opens with Classes of Fire & Portable Fire Extinguishers on Ships, Ship Fire Detectors: Heat, Smoke & Flame Types, CO2 Fixed Fire-Fighting System on Ships, Ship Sprinkler & Hypermist (Water Mist) Systems, Ship Fire Main & Emergency Fire Pump System, Deck Foam & Inert Gas (IG) Systems on Tankers and 1 more. Each lesson is written for MEO oral and written preparation: definitions first, then how the system behaves, then the checks and figures used in practice.

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01 Classes of Fire & Portable Fire Extinguishers on ShipsFire classes A–D and electrical, fire tetrahedron, SOLAS portable extinguisher rules, water, foam, CO2 and DCP types with pressures, throw ranges and markings.6 sections 02 Ship Fire Detectors: Heat, Smoke & Flame TypesHeat, smoke and flame detector types on ships: fittings, coverage 37/74 sq m, spacing, 54–78 °C operation and 2–12.5% obscuration limits with viva answers.5 sections 03 CO2 Fixed Fire-Fighting System on ShipsCO2 flooding for engine room and holds: bottle specs, room rules, 30/40/35% quantity calculation, release procedure, alarms and maintenance.6 sections 04 Ship Sprinkler & Hypermist (Water Mist) SystemsFixed sprinkler regulation, head spacing 16 sq m, bulb colours, 9-step test, and hypermist water-mist for machinery spaces with pressures and flows.7 sections 05 Ship Fire Main & Emergency Fire Pump SystemShip fire main layout, main and emergency fire pumps, hoses, nozzles, hydrant pressures, isolating, relief and drain valves with SOLAS figures.7 sections 06 Deck Foam & Inert Gas (IG) Systems on TankersFoam types, deck foam rates, flammability limits, IG scrubber, blowers, deck seal, P/V breaker and 8% oxygen control with working flow.7 sections 07 Fire Control Plan, Muster List & Flooding ResponseFire plan stowage and contents, SOLAS muster list duties under Regulation 37, and engine-room flooding action with emergency bilge suction.7 sections