USCG Exam PracticeFirefighting, damage control, and emergency response
What are the three damage control priorities for small vessels, in correct order?
- A. Save the vessel, stop the flooding, maintain stability.
- B. Maintain stability, stop the flooding, save the vessel.
- ✓ Stop the flooding, maintain stability, save the vessel.Correct
- D. Stop the flooding, save the vessel, maintain stability.
Why C is correct
The Boatswain Manual Ch. 5 §5.1 states the three priorities in order are: (1) stop the flooding, (2) maintain stability, (3) save the vessel. Abandon ship is the action of last resort if the first two priorities fail.