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First of all warn others and send a distress signal. Ensure that people are equipped to abandon the boat. Fight the fire if it is safe to do so. If the fire can not be extinguished, abandon the boat.
get of the boat and call 911, if you are at sea contact the coast guard via your radio and then try to extinguish the fire with your fire extinguisher and or buckets of water. if you have a hose on your boat use that.
You should first attempt to put the fire out.
shut off the engine
First, turn off the motor. The grab that B rated fire extinguisher and aim it at the base of the fire. Every power boat is required to have a fire extinguisher.
First, turn off the motor. The grab that B rated fire extinguisher and aim it at the base of the fire. Every power boat is required to have a fire extinguisher.
John Braithwaite invented the first steam fire engine.
If a fire breaks out in the back of your boat, lead the boat into the wind.
If a fire breaks out in the back of your boat, lead the boat into the wind.
If a fire breaks out on your boat put it out with a coast guard mandatory fire extinguisher.
When there's a fireWhen there's an inspectionYou should pretty much always have a fire extinguisher on a boat. This may not be necessary for some types of boats; it's kind of unlikely that an aluminium canoe or rowboat is going to catch on fire, for example, but on any boat powered by an engine you should have one (or more).
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