Safety, Fire & Survival · Fire Theory
Removing the fuel source from a fire is one way to extinguish it. Shutting off the supply valve to a burning fuel line is an example of attacking which side of the fire triangle?
- AThe fuel side (starvation)✓ Correct
- BThe oxygen side (smothering)
- CThe heat side (cooling)
- DThe chain reaction only
Explanation
Cutting off the fuel supply is 'starvation' — removing the fuel leg of the triangle. The other methods are smothering (removing oxygen), cooling (removing heat), and interrupting the chemical chain reaction with agents like dry chemical.
Authority: STCW A-VI/1 Basic Training (methods of extinguishing)
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