When conducting a direct attack on a fire, the three types are?

• A. at the seat of the fire, fog attack, and from compartment access
• B. indirect attack, backdraft, and cooling from afar
• C. surface cooling, fan-assisted, and remote attack
• D. from the deck, from the hull, from the keel

Answer: (A)

Direct attack means putting the extinguishing agent right where the fire is burning, at the seat of the flames, to knock out the energy feeding the fire. The three ways this is done are: applying water directly at the seat of the fire to wet the fuel surface and rapidly absorb heat; employing a fog attack with a fog nozzle to break water into a fine mist that blankets the fire and cools the hot gases while reaching into the flames; and attacking from compartment access, which means entering through a doorway or hatch to get close to the seat of the fire and apply water directly to the base of the flames from inside the compartment. These methods maximize heat absorption and water contact with the burning fuel. Other approaches, like cooling from afar or attacking from outside the immediate fire area, are indirect and don’t deliver water as directly to the seat of the fire.