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Task 3.Make the sentences in the first conditional mood
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| if | your actions |
| 1) man is overboard | 1) to throw a life-boat ring |
| 2) fire or smoke is detected | 2) to sound fire alarm |
| 3) fire alarm is sounded | 3) to act according to emergency plan |
| 4) abandon ship alarm is sounded | 4) to give assistance with rescue |
| 5) know muster and embarkation stations and emergency escape | 5) boarding the crew to the life-boat |
| 6) raise alarm | 6) to instruct the emergency party and to send her to the rescue stations |
| 7) know location and use fire-fighting equipment | 7) to prepare and to use fire-fighting equipment |
| 8) know construction, location and capacity of survival craft | 8) to act according to the ship’s schedule |
Topic 2.SAFETY AND FIRE-FIGHTING OUTFIT
Task 1.Read and translate the text about safety and fire-fighting outfit
An Emergency Escape Breathing Device is an important life saving appliance, which is used for escaping an area with hazardous conditions such as fire, smoke, poisonous gases etc. All cargo and passenger vessels must carry EEBD, which should be positioned at different locations and comply with amendments of chapter – 3 of fire safety code (FSSC).
It is extremely important for a seafarer to understand the donning and operating procedure of an EEBD in order to use it properly during emergency situation.
Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) is a compressed fresh air supplying device which is used for carrying out operations such as enclosed space entry, fire-fighting etc.
This device is mainly used in places where the air does not have enough oxygen to support natural breathing. Every seafarer must know how to operate the SCBA.
An important life saving appliance which is used in almost all kinds of emergencies is the life jacket or the life vest. The details for construction and operating requirements of life jacket are given in SOLAS chapter II under LSA code, which was amended in July 2010.
One of the first things a seafarer should check on joining a ship is the place where his life jacket is kept in the cabin. Whenever there is an emergency alarm take you lifejacket along with you to the muster station.
Life jackets must be worn while working on lifeboats, gangways, over side of ships, pilot stations etc.
Thermal Protective Aid is a type of device used for avoiding excessive loss of body heat which can lead to hypothermia. The thermal protective suit is normally used by those persons who have suffered body heat loss or by those who have been rescued from cold weather conditions.
The suit has a waterproof polymer coated fabric at the inside. The polymer has very low thermal conductivity which helps in reducing heat loss in cold or wet conditions.
An immersion suit is a body covering suit which is worn specifically for the purpose of remaining afloat and dry during emergencies at high seas. The immersion suit is also known as survival suit or rescue suit. In today’s times, an immersion suit is one of the most important necessities on ships and oil rigs, where a person might need something to protect him or her from the hazards of water.
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This suit also acts as TPA (but is less effective than TPA) as it avoids the contact of body with the water. In immersion suit, there are sleeves a attached for the arms to carry out actions, whereas there are no arms in TPA.
The fire-fighter’s suit is a personal protective equipment worn by those crew members who lead the fire fighting operation on ships.
The suit is made of high temperature resistant materials to protect the fire fighters from radiant heat and high temperature.
Task 2.Make a report about safety outfit on board a ship
Topic 3.FIRE-FIGHTING
Task 1.Study the words
Task 2.Read the text “Fire-fighting” and do the exercises below
FIRE-FIGHTING
Accidents can be caused by negligence of a crewmember or by external factor. The crewmember can choose wrong personal protective equipment or incorrect usage of life-saving appliances or fire-fighting equipment.
A fire doesn’t break out if you perform all the precautions. When a fire breaks out, you’ll try to restrict to its area. The larger fire is, the more difficult it is extinguished. The cargo holds often contain large amount of combustible substances. It is not always possible to restrict fire there. Special transverse bulkheads of the cargo holds prevent spread of the fire to adjacent compartment.
There is the following fire-fighting equipment on board a ship: ship’s fire alarm system, fire extinguishers, fire hoses with the nozzles, boxes with sand, buckets, fire shovels, axes and crowbars. For accommodation area there is automatic sprinkler system. The CO2 system is used in the engine room.
All the fire-fighting systems and equipment should be in good operating condition ready for immediate use. The deck department is responsible for all portable fire-fighting equipment, while the engine department takes care of all fixed fire-fighting systems.
Answer the questions: 1. What are the reasons of the accidents? 2. What can any crewmember do to prevent the fire breakout? 3. Why is it impossible to restrict the fire in the cargo hold? 4. What fire-fighting equipment do you know? 5. What system is used on galley?
Vocabulary exercises
Exercise I.
a) Find English equivalents in the text: пенныйогнетушитель, потушитьогонь, пожарныйтопор, легковоспламеняющиесявещества, пожарныйрукав, жилыепомещения, пожарнаятревога, порошок, пожарныйшланг, поперечныепереборки, распространениеогня, отсек, лопаты.
b) Give Russian equivalents using words of the unit: fire hoses, to fight against, sand box, cargo hold, breathing apparatus, combustible substances, to neglect, crowbar, broken out fire, fire-extinguishing equipment, spot, precautions, fire bucket.
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