🔍 Key Concepts

• Small Passenger Vessel fire protection requirements in 46 CFR (Subchapter T) • Difference between general firefighting equipment and required alternatives when a power-driven fire pump is NOT installed • The intent of the rule: ensuring a vessel can still apply water to a fire without a fixed power pump

💭 Think About

• Which option most clearly provides a way to deliver a continuous stream of water onto a fire when there is no power-driven pump? • Look at each choice and ask: is this item specifically described in regulations as an alternative when a power-driven fire pump is not required? • Do any of the options sound more like older/traditional equipment (e.g., buckets) rather than what current regulations usually require for active firefighting capability?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in 46 CFR Small Passenger Vessel regulations what is explicitly listed as required when no power-driven fire pump is installed • Check whether the regulation uses wording similar to "suitable", "detachable", or specifies a minimum number of any item • Confirm that the chosen option would realistically allow the crew to fight a fire with water under some pressure, not just carry or scoop water.