Jeanneau LOISIRS, Owner'S Manual

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It is the owner's or the skipper's responsibility:
- To equip the boat with extinguishers.
- To have the extinguishers checked in pursuance of the instructions given.
- Use extinguisher replacements with equivalent features (same capacity and fire resistance) if the
ones in place are out of date or have been used
- To tell the crew:
• where the extinguishers are and how they work,
• where the emergency exits are.
- Make sure the extinguishers can be reached easily when people are on board.
- Make sure that the ventilation openings in the engine (and generator, if installed) compartment are
well cleared.
Do not store combustible materials in the engine compartment.
If non-combustible materials are stored in the engine compartment they must be secured so there is no
danger of them falling on machinery and they do not obstruct access to and from the compartment.
Exits other than the doors and panels of the main access which is equipped with permanently fitted
ladders must be identified with a symbol.
Keep the bilge clean. Regularly check whether there is fuel oil or gas vapour.
Use only compatible spare parts for the extinguishers. The parts shall have the same specifications or
be technically equivalent as to their resistance to fire.
WARNING
Never:
- Obstruct the ways to the emergency exits.
- Obstruct the safety controls (fuel oil valves, gas valves, power switches).
- Block the extinguishers placed in shelves.
- Leave the boat unattended when a stove or heater is working.
- Use gas lamps in the boat.
- Alter the boat systems (electricity, gas or fuel oil).
- Fill up a tank or change a gas cylinder when an engine is running, a stove or heater is on.
- Smoke while handling fuels or gas.
DANGER
There may be danger of fire or explosion if direct or alternating current systems are incorrectly used
(Refer to chapter Electricity).
WARNING
The CO
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extinguishers shall be used only to fight electrical fires.
Clear the area immediately after use in order to avoid suffocation.
Air before entering.