Fixed fire systems
What are the 3 fixed fire fighting systems onboard?
Drencher system for main car deck
Dry pipe water mist system for machinery spaces
Wet pipe water mist for deck 1 thruster compartments, technical space and deck 4 crew mess
How many isolation valves do we have onboard for the fi-fi main? What are their purpose?
What does the general alarm mean?
Go to fire stations (usually followed by a PA announcement.)
What is the capacity of the ESS composite unit?
150 person raft
How many drencher sections are there onboard?
Where can they be operated?
There are 4 sections supplied by seawater from 3 pumps
From the DCS on bridge and the CCR
On what decks are the isolation valves located?
Deck 2 and deck 4
What is the emergency signal for emergency stations?
7 short 1 long
What are the SIS?
small inflatable slides. One is in the MES1 station and the other is in a lifejacket locker on the main car deck.
What is the capacity of the drencher pump?
230m3/hr
What is the capacity of the fire pumps?
88m3/hr
FiFi pump-5m3/hr @5 bar
What is the man overboard signal?
Three long blasts on the ships whistle and or 3 long rings on the general alarm followed by a PA announcement
How many additional liferafts do we have onboard, what is their capacity and where are they stored?
Two additional 100 person rafts installed on deck 4 and would be normally launched from the embarkation station. Additionally they can be launched manually from their cradle on deck 4.
What pressure is the system always at?
The sections are always full of water, section valves open and system pressurized by 25 bar and ready for automatic activation in standby mode.
True or false-Fire pump #2 is automatically started
False. Fire pump 2 is in auto mode, and fire pump 1 is only manual start/stop
What does Schedule G mean?
a non-specific threat has been received.
True or false-according to our evacuation plan, if an emergency developed in dock while loading and an evacuation were to take place, passengers will be allowed to drive their vehicles off?
False. Vehicles will remain onboard until it is deemed safe for the passengers to return to the vessel for an orderly evacuation of all vehicles.
True or false? Releasing the hi-fog system into the machinery spaces also activates the emergency stops related to that location.
True
Where are the fire pumps located?
FiFi pump 1 and primer pump-drencher room
FiFi pump 2 and priming pump-FiFi room
FiFi booster pump-technical space
What is schedule F?
What are the 2 stages of searching?
A specific threat has been detected. An unconcealed search will be initiated in 2 stages.
Stage 1: primary search -first passenger muster stations and escape routes are designated, cleared of passengers and then searched.
Stage 2: Secondary search to ensure all pax in muster areas and remainder of ship then searched