Fire Fighting Appliances FFA Onboard Ship Simplified Notes For Exams

 It is a complete guide for FFA Fire Fighting Appliances onboard Ship. This is a good collection of notes prepared in the purview of Marine exams in  a simple and easy understandable language with  bullet points. Please comment below or contact on admin@marinesite.info, once you find any important area, missed out.  Also contact us, if you wish to answer any of the questions .

Basics

> What is fire?  Class of Fire

> Fire Triangle & Fire Extinction 

> Name All Fire fighting appliances on board ship 

> What is FSS Code? Chapters In FSS Code 

International Shore Connection

> International Shore Connection, Regulation, Use 

Personal Protection

> Fireman's Outfit SOLAS Regulation

> Emergency Escape Breathing Devices (EEBD) SOLAS Regulation

> Self Contained Breathing Apparatus SOLAS Requirements

> Self Contained Breathing Apparatus Checks  

Portable Fire Extinguishers

> Portable Fire Extinguisher SOLAS Requirements

> Water Fire Extinguisher, Working, Procedure to Use, Maintenance  

> Mechanical Foam Extinguishers, Working, Procedure to Use, Maintenance 

> D.C.P Portable Fire Extinguishers, Working, Procedure to Use, Maintenance 

> CO2 Portable Fire Extinguishers, Working, Procedure to Use, Maintenance 

> Why CO2 Bottles Are Provided With Dip Tubes?

> Routine maintenance carried on portable fire extinguishers 

Fixed Gas Fire Extinguishing System

> Co2 Fixed Fire Fighting System Diagram and working

> SOLAS requirement for Co2 system and Co2 bottles 

> How to find Amount of Co2 And Number of Co2 bottles calculated

> Procedure For releasing Fixed Co2 Fire Extinguisher 

> What are The Safety Devices on CO2 Flooding System and CO2 room? 

> What are general inspections carried out in the CO2 room ? 

> Maintenance On Co2 Fixed Fire Fighting System 

Fixed Foam Fire Extinguishing System

> SOLAS Regulations For Foam Fixed Fire Fighting System

> Fixed Foam Fire Fighting System With Line Diagram 

> Why Low expansion foam on deck and High expansion foam on engine room? 
> Maintenance on Foam Fire fighting system

Sprinkler And Hypermist

> SOLAS Requirement For Sprinkler System

> Sprinkler System Working

> Hyper Mist System Fixed Fire Fighting System SOLAS Regulation

> Working of Hypermist System, Procedure, Areas 

Fixed Fire Detection System

> SOLAS Regulation For Fire Detection System  

> Working of Smoke Detectors 

> Working of Heat Detectors 

> Working of Flame Detectors

Fire Main

> SOLAS Regulation for Fire main, Fire hydrant, Relief valve on Ship

> Fire Main Line Diagram & Components 

> Regulation For Emergency Fire Pump 

> Function Of Isolation valve and Relief valve on Fire Line

> International Shore Coupling