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18. Fire Safety
Prevention is the best answer to fire safety.
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Always switch off the safety solenoid when stove is not in use
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Never leave the stove or oven burning unattended.
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Never change propane tanks whilst barbequing.
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Never smoke below decks.
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Never smoke when changing propane tanks.
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Safely store any flammable liquids (for example charcoal lighter fuel).
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Keep matches away from children.
Open fire:
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Pull out the yellow safety tab.
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Point the extinguisher at the base of the fire and press
down on the red button to discharge contents.
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Generously cover the base of the fire and surrounding
area to ensure the fire is under control and cannot
spread.
Continue discharging extinguisher until the
fire is out.
Engine compartment fire:
In
the
compartment
positioned closest to the companionway hatch
steps
extinguisher to the fire hole.
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Pull the yellow key out
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Press down on the red button until all the
contents of the extinguisher have been
discharged.
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Do not open the engine compartment even
if you think the fire has been extinguished,
dying embers can easily be re-ignited by a
fresh supply of oxygen.
Galley fire:
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Take the fire blanket out of its container. Read the
instructions for use carefully.
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Ensure hands and limbs are protected from the fire
by the blanket.
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Carefully lay the blanket over the fire, laying the
blanket
away
protected at all times from the flames.
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Once in place leave the blanket until all heat has
gone from the scene of the fire, this way you can be
sure that the fire has definitely gone out and will not
re-ignite.
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