USCG Exam PracticeFirefighting, damage control, and emergency response
When flooding is discovered aboard a small vessel, what is the correct order of damage control priorities?
- A. Maintain stability, stop the flooding, save the vessel
- ✓ Stop the flooding, maintain stability, save the vesselCorrect
- C. Save the vessel, stop the flooding, maintain stability
- D. Stop the flooding, save the vessel, maintain stability
Why B 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. If the first two priorities fail, abandoning ship is the last resort.