FERG - Ship Emergencies FF Tugs

Question 1

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FERG
Ship Emergencies - Firefighting Tugs
ACTIONS

Answer 1

• Respond fire boats (MFB)
• Respond Coast Guard (CFA)
• Establish and maintain contact with ship’s senior officer on board
• Report to the ship’s bridge
• Determine location and access to fire and intensity
• Access information:
  ** Ship’s plans
  ** Firefighting already undertaken
  ** Operation of firefighting installations/equipment
  ** Details of cargo/manifest/log
  ** State of ship’s services - power, water
  ** Ventilation
  ** Ship’s stability
  ** State of the ship’s hatches
• Fire service vessels or fire tugs to cool the exterior of the vessel
• Monitor amount of water used and removal of firefighting water (stability)
• Establish origin of ignition
• Consider and monitor alternative extinguishing media