If it should become necessary to abandon a compartment because of the danger of a large steam leak on a boiler, which of the following actions represents the best avenue of escape?
• Steam leaks from boilers can cause severe burns and displace breathable air very quickly. • Heat and rising vapor behavior: hot steam and gases tend to rise and collect in certain areas. • Escape route selection: shortest path to open air with minimal time spent in enclosed spaces.
• Think about what steam does inside an enclosed compartment: where will it be thickest and most dangerous as it spreads? • Which type of route takes you most directly to open, outside air with the fewest changes of direction or transfers between spaces? • Consider which choices involve moving toward the likely path of rising steam versus moving away from it.
• Which option gets you fastest to open outside air rather than into another interior space? • Which route avoids passing through additional enclosed compartments where steam or heat might also spread? • Which option minimizes the chance of becoming trapped by rising steam or losing visibility while escaping?
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