fire fighting

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

Fire Fighting

Today's goals:

• Knowing which three components a fire consists of.
• What does a Fire Fighting Team consist of and what are their tasks?
• Recognizing a toilet and CRA fire and how to fight it.

SEP 4.11.2

Triangle of combustion:

Fuel: Any substance that will burn.

Heat: Source of ignition such as matches, lighters, electrical cables

Oxygen: This is supplied from the surrounding air.

SEP 4.11.4

COOL: Remove heat source and/or lower the temperature to below ignition point of the material.

STARVE: Remove or limit the fuel which is feeding the fire.

SMOTHER: Starve or dilute the oxygen content around fire.

 

What fire fighting equipment do we have on board?

BCF

SEP 3.14.1.1

2-BTP – Kidde (BTP)

SEP 3.14.1.3

Crash Axe (CX)

SEP 3.14.2 

Fire gloves (FG)

SEP 3.14.3

Protective Breathing Equipment (PBE)

SEP 3.14.4 

PED Kit (PED Kit)

3.14.5 

• ALF

• Red indicator “disc” is present

• ALF

• Pressure gauge in green band

• Safety pin installed

• Seal intact

• ALF

• ALF

• ALF

• Seal on box intact

• Yellow serviceability

indicator intact (behind viewing window).

• ALF

• Seal intact

Fire fighting procedures 

Toilet/CRA fire

Fire Fighting Team

• Fire fighter 
• Communicator
• Assistant(s) 

Today's goals:

• Knowing which three components a fire consists of.
• What does a Fire Fighting Team consist of and what are their tasks?
• Recognizing a toilet and CRA fire and how to fight it.