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Downbucket
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Initially Posted - 06/01/2006 :  21:08:54  Show Profile
Hi:

Here is the Fighting a Fire sheet.

Will

FIGHTING A FIRE


SHOUT “FIRE” LOUDLY!

FIND the fire, the location, and its size


INFORM nearby vessels; be prepared to:
Radio MAYDAY distress call;
Put on PFDs;
Abandon ship if necessary


RESTRICT the fire
1. Shut off fuel;
2. Close hatches and vents;
3. Witch off electrical circuits;
4. Maneuver vessel so fire is downwind.


EXTINGUISH the fire
1. Through burning material overboard;
2. Aim extinguisher at base of flames;
3. Sweep extinguisher back and forth;
4. NEVER use water on an electrical fire.
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takokichi
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Response Posted - 06/02/2006 :  07:45:27  Show Profile
You're all set - I set the boat on fire twice, so you won't have to!
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 06/02/2006 :  08:33:00  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
That is a lot of reading to do before fighting the fire!!!
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Downbucket
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Response Posted - 06/02/2006 :  12:31:44  Show Profile
Justin:

I thought it was only one time. No wonder I'm still cleaning up all the residue. When are you coming to get the anchor?

Will
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takokichi
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Response Posted - 06/02/2006 :  13:07:52  Show Profile
Shoot, Will - sorry keep forgetting about the danged anchor. How about next Wednesday, after work? Its in Outlook so I"ll do it. If another time works, let me know.

As to fires, I guess I only set the boat on fire once, but that was because I was quicker with the fire extinguisher the second time. It was only afterward that I remembered you can fight stove alcohol fire with water... I hope its a comfort to know that as a member of the fire department to your south, I was once charged (in part) with helping keep your home and family safe.
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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 06/03/2006 :  09:17:24  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage
Only boat events I can recall were one or two alcohol flareups over 20 yrs ago. But looks like I should brush up on the emergency measures just in case.

Only actual fire and not on a boat but on a camping trip was when I burnt a 3-4 ft hole in a screen canopy on a camping trip at a state campground. I had not depressurized the Coleman stove gas tank the night before and apparently the fuel valve was not completely shut. Stove lit up pretty easily that morning. A large pot lid over the burner saved the day but not until after the screened canopy mesh melted between high flames and heat.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 06/05/2006 :  21:11:31  Show Profile
Some might remember the story where I was on our very own Commodore's boat, Indiscipline, sailing about 5 miles offshore and 10 miles from port off San Diego, when acrid smoke started pouring out of the galley cabinet. We turned off the engine and the battery, and then located a smoulding wire in the sail locker, against the galley bulkhead (by the electical panel). The insulation had worn off two wires where they went through a plastic wire-tie that was fastened to the bulkhead, and something like 3' of insulation was charred by the heat from the short. Apparently just rubbing on the tie for some number of years was all it took.

So, it's not just alcohol... and never forget that 12 volts (with high amperage) can start fires about as easily as 110. If you want a reminder, touch a metal object to both marine battery terminals and see what happens to the object! (On second thought, DON'T--I don't want to be blamed for an exploding battery!)

BTW, the smoke subsided after we cut the power, and we motored safely home, accompanied by the Norgans on their C-25. But it was definitely a strange feeling being on a plastic boat outside of the coastal kelp beds in the Pacific, smelling the smoke from burning plastic!
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