Advanced Training in Fire Fighting
| SCOPE | This training is intended to meet the requirements set out in Section A-VI/3 of the STCW Code.
This course provides training and skills development for all who work on the waters and seas of the world. Whether tug or barge, fishing vessel or cruise ship, oil rig or deep sea vessel, the need to prevent or contain and extinguish fires is essential. When onboard, vessel personnel must be their own fire department. The course is designed to give trainees a basic understanding of types of fire, methods of extinguishing, and onboard fire fighting equipment. Including equipment maintenance, the use of breathing apparatus and search and rescue skills. The course will advance to train a comprehensive understanding of the theory of fires as it applies to a shipboard environment, and will include elements of command and control together with the importance of stability and ship integrity. The course is structured around a number of practical exercises, rescue techniques, casualty evacuation practices, live fire exercises, and refilling portable fire extinguishers. |
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| OBJECTIVE | On completion of the training, the trainees will have sufficient knowledge and understanding to enable them:
a) Control Fire Fighting aboard ship |
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| ENTRY STANDARDS | Trainees taking this course must be certified by a physician to be in good health and had completed a basic course in fire fighting and are in management level, operational level and support level who may have control and involve in fire fighting operations. | ||||||||||||
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