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Your vessel is carrying a cargo of Propionitrile, which has caught fire. Which extinguishing agents should be used?

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Your vessel is carrying a cargo of Propionitrile, which has caught fire. Which extinguishing agents should be used?

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• Check the typical fire-fighting recommendations for Propionitrile (a nitrile, flammable liquid) in the Emergency Response Guidebook or MSDS/SDS tables. • Think about how alcohol-resistant foam, water fog, carbon dioxide, and dry chemical behave on flammable liquid fires. • Consider whether water in any form might spread or react with this type of cargo.

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• Is Propionitrile treated more like an alcohol/polar solvent, a generic flammable liquid, or something that reacts with water? • For this chemical, do standard references recommend cooling containers with water, and if so, in what form (solid stream vs. fog/mist)? • Which agents are typically listed together as acceptable for flammable liquid chemical fires in Coast Guard/IMDG/ERG guidance?

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• Verify whether solid streams of water are recommended or specifically not recommended for this cargo. • Confirm if alcohol foam is listed as suitable for this substance in standard chemical fire guides. • Check if both carbon dioxide and dry chemical are normally acceptable for small flammable liquid fires involving nitriles like Propionitrile.

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Question 1 of 20

Your vessel is carrying a cargo of Propionitrile, which has caught fire. Which extinguishing agents should be used?

Alcohol foam, water fog, or dry chemical.

Alcohol foam, carbon dioxide or dry chemical.

Water fog, carbon dioxide or dry chemical.

Alcohol foam, carbon dioxide, or water fog.

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Question 1 / 2066636ef028f7522a1c520ddc

Question 1 of 2066636ef028f7522a1c520ddc

Your vessel is carrying a cargo of Propionitrile, which has caught fire. Which extinguishing agents should be used?

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Your vessel is carrying a cargo of Propionitrile, which has caught fire. Which extinguishing agents should be used?

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