Hunter H33 - Fire Emergency Procedures

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nt
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r
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• Gettin
g
Underwa
y
1
3
.
7
e
mer
g
enc
y
procedures aboard
y
our boat.
Alwa
y
s insure that
y
ou, and all aboard know the outlines
f
or emer
g
enc
y
operations
.
H
ere we will provide
y
ou with some o
f
the basics
f
or
some o
f
the situations
y
ou ma
y
encounter. You ma
y
also
review the Boatin
g
Safet
y
chapter, of this manual
.
1
3.5.1 Fir
e
Your boat has a halon
(
or equivalent
)
f
ire extin
g
uisher
s
y
stem which operates automaticall
y
to extin
g
uish a
f
ire
i
n t
h
e en
gi
ne compartment.
Th
e s
y
stem
h
as an
i
n
di
cator
li
g
ht on the helm. Movin
g
the switch to N
O
RMAL be
f
ore
startin
g
the en
g
ines activates the li
g
ht.
C
heck this li
g
ht
e
ver
y
t
i
me
y
ou start t
h
e en
gi
nes.
I
t s
h
ows t
h
at t
h
e s
y
s-
tem is char
g
ed and read
y
to operate.
A loud sound
(
similar to that of small arms fire
)
followed
b
y
a
“
rushin
g
” air sound indicates activation o
f
the extin-
g
uisher. I
f
the
g
reen indicator li
g
ht
g
oes out or i
f
y
ou hear
the extin
g
uisher dischar
g
in
g
, proceed as follows
:
*
Activatin
g
the automatic
f
ire s
y
stem will automaticall
y
s
h
ut
d
own t
h
e en
gi
ne an
d
t
h
e
g
enerator.
*
Evacuate all occupied enclosures immediatel
y
. I
f
practi-
c
a
l
, evacuate t
h
e
b
oat.
*
D
o
n
o
t r
u
n th
e
b
l
o
w
e
r
s
.
*
Do not open the en
g
ine compartment. Allow the halon
f
ire extin
g
uisher to soak the compartment
f
or at least
fift
ee
n min
u
t
es.
DANGER
! !
Flash fire eruptin
g
from the en
g
ine compartment
c
an burn
y
ou. Openin
g
the en
g
ine compartment will
feed ox
yg
en to the fire and cause the fire to flash
back. Keep en
g
ine compartment closed for at least
15 minutes after fire extin
g
uisher dischar
g
es.
*
Wait
f
or hot metals and
f
uels to cool be
f
ore inspectin
g
f
or dama
g
e or cause o
f
f
ire
.
*
O
pen en
g
ine compartment slowl
y
. Have approved por-
table
f
ire extin
g
uisher at hand and read
y
f
or use.
D
o not breathe
f
umes or vapors caused b
y
f
ire. HAL
O
N
F
U
ME
S
ARE T
O
XI
C
!