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3.3.6 Portablereextinguishers
In case a re breaks out, immediately reach a re-ghting station where a
portable re extinguisher is located.
The use of a re extinguisher requires a certain familiarity with it, but some
theoretical-practical rules can facilitate its handling:
• Make sure that the safety pin (1) against accidental discharge, has been
removed;
• Always direct the extinguisher towards the bottom of the ame;
• Do not stand but try to bow as far as possible;
• Do not hit the re from above;
• Shift the fan-shaped jet slowly from one side to the other of the ame;
• Act immediately before the temperature becomes too high;
• Always stay windward;
• If the material burnt is wood, paper or tissue, after the re has been ex-
tinguished, pour on water to prevent any further spread of ames;
• Always act dressed, avoiding loose clothing or similar;
• Head the yacht so that the re is leeward;
• Persons not engaged with the re ghting must gather windward from
the re area and if necessary, disembark on a rescue device (tender,
rubber dinghy, self-inatable life raft), that must be linked to the yacht
with a line, in order also to embark the persons engaged with the re
ghting;
• If the re is big the operators must abundantly wet their clothing;
• The engines must be shut-off immediately and the fuel must be cut-off;
• Isolated objects in ames must immediately be thrown overboard;
• All openings that can allow air to penetrate through the ames must be
closed;
• After using the extinguisher to ght re in closed spaces, ventilate the
space carefully, prior to entry, and remove powder deposits.
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DANGER
The person in charge of the yacht must make sure that all passengers know
the locations and how to operate the re extinguishers on board correctly.
DANGER
CO2 extinguisher uses CO
2H0.5x
as an extinguishing medium it shal be
used only to ght electric or galley res.
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