Other compartments can be flooded through the firemain, which is a system of pipes running throughout a ship and fed with salt water under pressure by steam- or electrically-driven pumps .
Ezinye iindawo zokuhlala ezinokuthi ziphuphumale ngenxa yendawo yomlilo, eyinkqubo yemibhobho ehamba kwinqanawa yonke eyondliwa ngamanzi atyuwa phantsi koxinzelelo lomphunga okanye ngeempompo ezilawulwa ngombane.