🔍 Key Concepts

• 46 CFR requirements for firemen's outfits on SOLAS and oceangoing vessels • What specific features are required for boots and gloves used in firemen’s outfits • How detailed the regulations are about exact sizes, materials, or lengths of accessory equipment (flashlights, lifelines, hoses)

💭 Think About

• Look at which option sounds like a general performance requirement (what the gear must be able to do) versus a very narrow specification (exact size, material, or length). • Think about what property is most important for a firefighter working in a potentially energized, flooded, or steel environment. • Ask yourself: do the Coast Guard rules usually mandate a single specific material/size (e.g., only phosphor bronze, exactly 3 cells, exactly 100 ft), or do they usually allow a range as long as the safety function is met?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which item must be electrically nonconducting for safety around live electrical equipment. • Check whether regulations actually require an exact number of batteries/cells, a single specific wire material, or a fixed hose length, or if these sound too restrictive. • Confirm in 46 CFR that fireman’s outfit components (especially boots and gloves) have specific safety properties listed, and compare those properties with the statements in the choices.