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Fire Prevention
Fire can not only damage or destroy your new
yacht, it can also be deadly. However, with a
little effort on your part, fi re prevention and fi re
safety is a very attainable goal.
As owner of your yacht, it is your responsibil-
ity to:
• Have fi re fi ghting equipment checked at regular
intervals located on the equipment.
• Replace fi re fi ghting equipment, if expired or
discharged, by devices of identical or greater fi re
fi ghting capacity.
• Inform members of the crew about:
- the location and operation of fi re fi ghting
equipment.
- the location of discharge openings into the
engine space.
- the location of escape hatches.
• Ensure that fi re fi ghting equipment is readily
accessible when the craft is occupied.
Some things should NEVER be done in order
to help prevent fi re aboard your yacht.
- NEVER obstruct passage ways to exits and
hatches
.
- NEVER obstruct safety controls, e.g. fuel valves,
gas valves, or switches of the electrical
system.
- NEVER obstruct portable fi re extinguishers
stowed in lockers.
- NEVER use gas lights in your yacht.
- NEVER leave the craft unattended when
cooking and/or heating appliances are in
use.
- NEVER modify any of your yacht’s systems
(especially electrical, fuel, and gas).
- NEVER fill any fuel tank or replace gas
bottles when machinery is running or when
cooking or heating appliances are in use.
- NEVER smoke while handling fuel or gas.
Other good ways to prevent fi re aboard your
yacht is to keep the bilge areas clean and to check
for fuel and gas vapors at regular intervals, and
not to fi t free hanging curtains or other fabrics
in the vicinity of or above cookers or other open
fl ame devices.
Also combustible material should not be stored
in the engine compartment. If non combustible
materials are stowed in the engine space they
shall be secured against falling into machinery
and shall cause no obstruction to access in or
from the space.
Fire prevention is something
that you as the yacht owner are responsible for.
Too much fi re prevention is not possible. This
is an area that is unfortunately often overlooked
by boat owners. However, as long as this area is
an important part of your boating safety prepara-
tion, you can help to make your journeys safer
for not only for you, but your crew and family
as well.
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