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after it is used. Cylinders of self-contained breathing apparatus should be recharged and seafarers should be trained in the use of the recharge system. Otherwise, sufficient spare cylinders should be carried for this purpose.
Fire appliances, fire and watertight doors, other closing appliances, and fire detection and alarm systems that have not been used in the drill should be inspected in accordance with ship's safety management system.
All equipment activated during fire drills should be immediately replaced with fully loaded appliances.

4.3              Action in the event of fire
A fire can usually be extinguished most easily in the first few minutes. Prompt action is essential.
The alarm should be raised and the bridge informed immediately. If the ship is in port, the local fire authority should be called. If it is safe to do so, attempts should be made to extinguish or limit the fire, either using suitable portable extinguishers or by smothering the fire as in the case of a fat or oil fire in the galley.
The ship's seafarers should be aware of the use of different types of fire extinguisher and their suitability for different types of fire. Water extinguishers should not be used on oil or electric fires and foam extinguishers should not be used on electrical fires.
Openings to the space should be shut to reduce the supply of air to the fire and to prevent it from spreading. Any fuel lines feeding the fire or threatened by it should be isolated.
If practicable, combustible materials adjacent to the fire should be removed, boundary cooling of adjacent compartments should be considered and temperatures monitored if spaces are not otherwise accessible.
If a space is filled with smoke and fumes, seafarers not properly equipped with breathing apparatus should leave the space immediately. Where necessary, escape should involve crawling on hands and knees and emergency escape breathing devices (EEBDs) should be used.
After a fire has been extinguished, precautions should be taken against its spontaneous re-ignition.
Seafarers should not re-enter a space where a fire has occurred without wearing breathing apparatus until it has been fully ventilated.

4.4              Abandon ship drills and training
The order to abandon ship can only be given verbally by the person in command.
Each abandon ship drill must include:[13]
       summoning passengers and seafarers to muster stations by the general alarm and ensuring that they are made aware of the order to abandon ship;
       reporting to stations and preparing for the duties described in the muster list;
       checking that all passengers and seafarers are at muster stations and are suitably dressed to minimise cold shock if direct entry into the sea is necessary;
       checking that life-jackets are correctly donned;