oil fire in the bilge

       If there be an oil fire in the bilges, what type of fire extinguisher would you use and why?

   answer:

         

1. First check the condition of fire; it is small oil fire in the bilge well.
2. Then raise the fire alarm signal.
3. Remove the combustible material near vicinity.
4. It is a small fire, extinguish by foam portable extinguisher.
5. Release the foam direct to the fire by deflecting it from another surface.
6. Foam is lower specific gravity than oil or water that it will flows across the surface of oil and cover.
7. The fire will stop by blanking with foam.