USCG Exam PracticeFirefighting, damage control, and emergency response
During a flooding emergency, what is the correct order of damage control priorities aboard a small vessel?
- A. Maintain stability, stop the flooding, save the vessel
- B. Save the vessel, stop the flooding, maintain stability
- ✓ Stop the flooding, maintain stability, save the vesselCorrect
- D. Stop the flooding, save the vessel, maintain stability
Why C is correct
USCG Boatswain Manual Ch. 5 §5.1 states the three damage control priorities in order are: (1) stop the flooding, (2) maintain stability, (3) save the vessel. Abandonment is only warranted if priorities 1 and 2 both fail.