to raise the magazine’s temperature above 100°F, nor to maintain the magazine’s temperature at more than 90°F. 5. NEVER raise the temperature of the fuel oil above the flashpoint in any part of the system before it enters the boiler. 6. NEVER exceed the designed pressure in any part of a fuel oil system. 7. Do NOT allow  smoking,  open  flame,  or  any spark-producing object near fuel oil tank vent pipes. 8.  Be  sure  the  wire  screen  protectors  in  the  vent pipes  are  intact.  Do  NOT  allow   the   wire   screen protectors  to  be  painted. 9. REMEMBER  THAT  FUEL  OIL  FUMES ARE DANGEROUS IF INHALED. If your eyes sting or burn, you probably also are inhaling the fumes. The symptoms  range  from  headache  and  dizziness  to unconsciousness  and  suffocation.  Give  first  aid  to  any person  suffering  from  inhalation  of  fuel  oil  fumes;  see chapter  3,  Standard  First  Aid  Training  Course, NAVEDTRA  12081.  Remember,  also,  that  a  person  who is  suffering  only  mild  effects  from  inhaling  fuel  oil fumes may be confused or drowsy enough to cause a serious  accident. 10. NEVER enter and do  NOT allow  anyone  else to enter any fuel oil compartment until the gas free engineer  declares  it  SAFE  FOR  PERSONNEL. Always get permission from the gas free engineer before any person enters a fuel oil tank. 11. Observe all safety precautions for closed or poorly ventilated compartments. These are listed in chapter 074 of the Naval Ships’ Technical Manual. 12. When the ship is in drydock, be sure oil does NOT drain from the ship onto the dock. 13. Do NOT heat distillate fuel by using the ship’s fuel oil heaters. In general, you will not need to heat tanks, but severe cold weather may create a need to do so. If the transfer pump is having difficulty moving the fuel, and the fuel in the tank is below 50°F, you may heat fuel oil to approximately 75°F to dissolve the waxy constituents. 14.  Use  only  the  sprayer  plates  recommended  for use with the distillate fuel. 15. When burning a distillate fuel, do  NOT allow a  smoky,  hazy  stack.  Improper  combustion  causes excessive  fuel  consumption  and  a  dangerous  stack condition,  and  it  adds  to  air  pollution. 16. When ships are refueled where the ambient temperature is below 40°F, do not fill storage tanks above 95 percent of capacity. If a tank exceeds that amount, pump the oil down to 95 percent of capacity as soon as possible. 17.  Be  sure  all  personnel  under  your  supervision know the provisions of the Oil Pollution Act and the Federal  Water  Pollution  Control  Act. FUELING RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES There are many preparations to be made before the ship actually takes on fuel. The deck force or other personnel are responsible for some of these, but the oil king  is  responsible  for  others.  For  simplicity,  this section will be addressed to you, the oil king, though some  others  will  supervise  or  perform  some  of  the procedures. Deballast and strip oil tanks as soon as possible after you get word that the ship will take on fuel. If sea conditions make it impossible to deballast before the ship enters port, get permission from port authorities to deballast into a barge after the ship enters port. Be sure the ballasted tanks are pumped out according to the recommended sequence tables so the ship will retain as much stability and maneuverability as possible. We will include more information on ballasting later in this chapter. Before  receiving  fuel,  order  soundings  or  readings on all fuel oil storage tanks and all fuel oil service tanks. Then, submit a statement to the officer in charge of fueling showing the amount and location of all fuel oil aboard. You always should know how much fuel is aboard, where it is located, how much more can be taken on, and the order in which the tanks should be filled. Before taking on fuel, see that all service tanks and as many storage tanks as possible are topped off to the 95 percent level. This will reduce the number of tanks that must be filled. This requirement may be modified if it will reduce the time required for fueling; it may be faster  to  distribute  the  oil  in  the  receiving  ship  so approximately the same amount of time will be required to fill at each receiving station. A tank-loading schedule based  on  previous  experience  is  useful  to  meet  this  last requirement. In  some  ships,  such  as  destroyers,  fuel  oil  is delivered directly into a fuel oil service tank. When you refuel this type of ship, take fuel oil service suction from 6-8