I didn't have specific check lists, but did have emergency proceedure lists with diagrams laminated and kept at the main companionway. Whenever any new person came aboard, we went over all of the emergncy lists as one of the first orders of business. My fire fighting experience is very limited to a few brush fires when I ran a bulldozer or pulled hoses, and putting out small fires with a hand fire extinguisher. I have never seen a mid sized boat fire--only small ones which could be easily put out--or ones where the boat was consumed. I have also seen a number of cases where the Coast Guard with water cannons, pumps and foam have not been able to extinguish the fire until the boat burned to the waterline. One of the worst medical injuries is a burn and at all cost I would avoid being burned. We had fire extinguishers in every cabin--and out in plain sight. Our fire diagram showed where all fire extinguishers were, where the electrical main switches were and where a salt water and fresh water supply was. We had salt water wash down fore and aft and both had hose bibs on them, with a decent size hose nearby. The salt water wash down was only 4 gal a minute and 35 psi--so not much volume. The engine room had automatic and manual halogenated gas. The dry chemical fire extingiusers were mostly 3-A 40 BC and were in each stateroom, the nav station, main salon/galley and engine room. The engine room had a deck entrance and a below decks entrance, with extinguishers at both entrances.. There was a small halon extinguisher near the galley stove. Also a small halon extinguisher near the nav station where the radios were located. There was a fire blanket by the companionway. A fire axe was at the engineroom deck entrance, as well as a 36" crow bar and 8 lb sledge hammer. Each cabin had a hatch which was an escape exit. The standing order in case of fire was to stop all engine power, disconnect all electrical power, except the electronics unless that was obviously the source of a fire. (no batteries in the engine room--all switches within 12" of the battery banks and accessable from in the main saloon, separate batteries for engine start, house and electronics.) The next thing on the list was for my wife to ready the dinghy/abandon ship gear, while I investigated and attempted to fight the fire. After abandon ship proceedures were ready (including having the two EPIRB's in the dinghy, personal papers, 10 gallons of water and survival supplies). If the fire was not under control, a MAY DAY would be broadcast first on VHF, then 2182 mhz, if no response, then which ever high seas distress frequency was appropiate--and a list was present for the time of day and location. Finally on Ham Radio--13,300 mhz and 13 313mhz if during net hours. If we had to abandon ship, the 406 beacon was activated. We had both seen demonistations and used chemical extinguishers. Our philosophy was that one person needed to be focused on abandon ship if necessary, and rescue--the other on finding and fighting the fire. In worse case scenerio, if the boat went up in flames we would get off safely. Regards Bob Austin