Section 12 - Skier's Choice Moomba Series 2019 Owner's Manual

Section 3
Emergency Procedures
Reprinted from "Fishing and Skiing Boats Owner's Manual" with permission
from the NMMA.
The time to think about emergencies is before they happen. Plan
ahead. Know what to do before you encounter any of these situations.
Wear a PFD (Personal Flotation Device) when boating.
XPLOSION & FIRE
EXPLOSION/FIRE/ASPHYXIATION HAZARD
• Open ame cooking appliances consume oxygen. This can
cause asphyxiation or death.
• Maintain open ventilation.
• Liquid fuel may ignite, causing severe burns.
• Use fuel appropriate for type of stove.
• Turn o stove burner before lling.
• Do not use stove for comfort heating.
FIRE/ASPHYXIATION HAZARD
Use special care with ames or high temperatures near urethane foam,
if used in construction of your boat. Burning, welding, lights, cigarettes,
space heaters and the like can ignite urethane foam. Once ignited, it
burns rapidly, producing extreme heat, releasing hazardous gases and
consuming much oxygen.
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EXPLOSION
• If explosion is imminent, put on PFDs, grab distress signals and
survival gear, and immediately abandon ship.
FIRE
• Turn o engines, generators, stoves and blowers.
• Extinguish smoking materials.
• Fixed re suppression system, if equipped, has heat sensors that
automatically ood machinery space with a re extinguishant.
Allow extinguishant to "soak" compartment for at least 15 minutes
to cool hot metals or fuel before cautiously inspecting re area.
Have portable re extinguishers ready. Do not breathe fumes or
vapors caused by the re or extinguishant.
• If no fixed firefighting system is installed and fire is in engine
compartment, discharge portable fire extinguishers through
transmission cover which is typically under the rear seat. Do not
open engine hatch as this feeds oxygen to the re.
• If you have access to re, direct contents of extinguishers at base
of ames, not at the top.
• Throw burning materials overboard if possible.
• Move anyone not needed for re ghting operations away from
the ames.
• Signal for help.
• Put on PFDs (Personal Flotation Devices), grab distress signals and
survival gear, and prepare to abandon ship.
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