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Your ship experiences a casualty resulting in flooding. Which of the below listed items is the first that you should do?

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Question 1 of 27070

Your ship experiences a casualty resulting in flooding. Which of the below listed items is the first that you should do?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Emergency response priorities: protect life, then ship, then environment • Master’s overall responsibility for the safety of the ship • Initial actions in a flooding casualty vs. follow-on actions (containment, communication, alarms)

💭 Think About

• In the very first moments of discovering flooding, what is the most critical thing that must happen so that all other actions can be properly coordinated? • Who is responsible for directing damage control and overall emergency response on a merchant vessel? • Which actions on the list are more likely to be immediate local actions versus command/coordination actions?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which person/role has ultimate command during an emergency on board. • Think about standard casualty control / damage control procedures: what is step 1, and what usually comes after? • Check which options look like specific technical responses (pumping, closing doors, sounding alarms) versus a step that ensures those actions are organized and authorized.

Question 1 of 27070

Your ship experiences a casualty resulting in flooding. Which of the below listed items is the first that you should do?

Sound emergency alarm (internal and external).

Close watertight doors.

Commence pumping installed system and/or portable pumps/eductors.

Inform Master.

Question 1 / 2707066636ef028f7522a1c520cb1

Question 1 of 2707066636ef028f7522a1c520cb1

Your ship experiences a casualty resulting in flooding. Which of the below listed items is the first that you should do?

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Question 1 of 27070

Your ship experiences a casualty resulting in flooding. Which of the below listed items is the first that you should do?