Safety, Fire & Survival · Fire — Fixed Foam Systems
On a tanker, a fixed deck foam system protects the cargo area by:
- APumping the cargo overboard
- BSpraying fresh water to dilute the cargo
- CFlooding the tanks with inert gas
- DDelivering an expanded foam blanket over spilled/burning cargo that cools and excludes air from the flammable liquid✓ Correct
Explanation
Foam concentrate is proportioned into water and discharged through monitors and applicators to lay an aspirated foam blanket over a flammable-liquid fire. The blanket cools, suppresses vapor, and separates fuel from air — the principal fixed protection for tanker decks.
Authority: SOLAS II-2; FSS Code; ISGOTT, deck foam systems
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