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General points
WARNING
Do not install free hanging curtains or any other textile next to or over the cooking appliances or any other
naked ame devices.
Ensure the bilges remain clean and check regularly there is no vapor or leaks of fuel and gas.
Do not store ammable products in the engine compartment.
Do not leave the boat unsupervised when using cooking and or heating devices.
Do not smoke while handling fuel or gas.
Make sure the re ghting equipment can be
reached easily when people are on board. Inform
the crew of:
■ the location and functioning of the re ghting
equipment.
■ the location of discharge valves in the engine
compartment.
■ the location of routes and exits.
In case you had to replace some elements of the
re ghting equipment, only use appropriate
appliances, bearing the same reference or having
similar technical speci cations and re resistance.
If non ammable products are stored in the engine
compartment, they must be stored in order not to
fall on the machinery and they should not prevent
neither the entrance nor the exit of the engine
compartment.
■ Do not block the way out nor the hatchways.
■ Do not block the safety control such as: fuel
valves, gas valves, electrical system switches.
■ Do not block the access to the portable
extinguishers tted in the cupboards.
■ Do not use gas lamp in the boat.
■ Do not alter any equipment on board (especially
the electrical, fuel and gas systems) nor allow
non quali ed people to alter any equipment of
the boat.
■ Do not ll up the fuel tanks nor the gas cartridges
when the engine is running or when cooking or
heating devices are in use.
Fire ghting equipment maintenance
It falls to the owner / user:
To have the re ghting equipment regularly
checked, respecting the frequency indicated on
the equipment
■ If the portable re ghting equipment has passed
its use-by date or if it is discharged, to replace it
with devices of same or superior extinguishing
capacity.
■ If the xed extinguishing systems have passed
their use - by date or if they are discharged, to
have them lled up or replaced.
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