STCW BASIC TRAINING QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Ship Fire Prevention - ANSWER Ship design and construction
-steel/fire retardant materials
-subdivisions
-fire protection systems
Good housekeeping practices important
Number 1 cause of fire - ANSWER CARELESS SMOKING HABITS!!!
- DISPOSAL
- SMOKING IN BED
- DISREGARD FOR RESTRICTED AREAS
• POOR HOUSEKEEPING
- Dirty/oily machinery
- Clothes drier lint accumulation
- Improper, non-secured storage
Examples of poor housekeeping practices - ANSWER -Complacency about fire safety on the job
-careless disposal of smoking materials
-defective electrical components
-spillage of flammable materials
-careless work habits
Fire Triangle - ANSWER fuel, oxygen, heat
All of these components are necessary for a fire to occur The removal of any one component will cause
the fire to be extinguished
, Fire Tetrahedron - ANSWER Heat, Fuel, Oxygen, Chemical Chain Reaction
All of these components are necessary for a fire to occur The removal of any one component will cause
the fire to be extinguished
Heat - ANSWER Anything that produces the required temperature for ignition will satisfy this leg of the
triangle
- Sun
- Open Flame
- Chemical Reaction
- Sparks
- Friction
- Static Electricity
- Biological Processes
Oxygen - ANSWER The Earth's atmosphere consists of 21% oxygen
Because fire needs oxygen to burn, the amount of oxygen available to it controls the rate at which it
burns
Fuel - ANSWER Only vapors burn
• Liquids & solids are too dense and must first be vaporized
• The tendency of a substance to vaporize is an indication of its ability to burn.
• Liquids vaporize more readily than solids
• Gases are already in a vapor state
Chain Reaction - ANSWER You can have Oxygen - Heat - Fuel in the same place at the same time and still
not have a fire (explain)
• FUEL - OXYGEN relationship must be balanced, i.e., must be in the Flammable Range
• Heat must be sufficient to bring fuel to its "Ignition Temperature"
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