STCW BASIC TRAINING QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
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"
To Stop a Fire - ANSWER-• remove the fuel
• remove the heat
• remove the oxygen
• interrupt chemical reaction
OR • do any combination of above
Classifications of Fires - ANSWER-Five classes of fire:
1. Class A - combustible solids (wood paper, rubber)
2. Class B - combustible and flammable liquids and gases (oil, gasoline)
3. Class C - energized electrical equipment (electrical equipment, wiring, appliances)
4. Class D - combustible metals (sodium, zinc, manganese)
5. Class K - cooking material (animal/vegetable fats)
Flash point - ANSWER-FLASH POINT (of a Liquid)
- The lowest temperature at which a liquid gives off sufficient vapor to form an ignitable
mixture at the surface of the liquid
- Fire flashes across the surface given sufficient oxygen and an external source of
ignition
- Lowest temperature at which we can have a fire
- Indicator of the severity of a fire hazard
Conduction - ANSWER-Conduction is the transfer of heat through a solid to material on
the other side. Example - fires transferred between bulkheads and decks
Convection - ANSWER-carries heated air, gases, embers and smoke through the ship
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
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"
To Stop a Fire - ANSWER-• remove the fuel
• remove the heat
• remove the oxygen
• interrupt chemical reaction
OR • do any combination of above
Classifications of Fires - ANSWER-Five classes of fire:
1. Class A - combustible solids (wood paper, rubber)
2. Class B - combustible and flammable liquids and gases (oil, gasoline)
3. Class C - energized electrical equipment (electrical equipment, wiring, appliances)
4. Class D - combustible metals (sodium, zinc, manganese)
5. Class K - cooking material (animal/vegetable fats)
Flash point - ANSWER-FLASH POINT (of a Liquid)
- The lowest temperature at which a liquid gives off sufficient vapor to form an ignitable
mixture at the surface of the liquid
- Fire flashes across the surface given sufficient oxygen and an external source of
ignition
- Lowest temperature at which we can have a fire
- Indicator of the severity of a fire hazard
Conduction - ANSWER-Conduction is the transfer of heat through a solid to material on
the other side. Example - fires transferred between bulkheads and decks
Convection - ANSWER-carries heated air, gases, embers and smoke through the ship
