SHORE-BASED FIRE FIGHTING FOR TANKERS

SCOPE This course covers the training required in Regulation V/I, paragraph 1 which states “ officers and ratings assigned specific duties and responsibilities related to cargo or cargo equipment on tankers shall have completed an approved shore-based fire fighting course in addition to the training required by Regulation V/I of STCW – 78 Convention as amended in 1995”.
 
OBJECTIVES A trainee who successfully completes this course shall be able to familiarize themselves with the preventive emergency procedures and fire fighting systems and resources typically provided along a Tanker Terminal/Port and which in the event of fire alongside, at anchor or on Ship-to-Ship Operation within the jurisdiction of a local (port) authority, may usefully contribute towards a successful combined fire fighting attack which would lead to the control and extinguishments of the fire.
 
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
This course is open to all officers or ratings assigned specific duties and responsibilities related to cargo or cargo equipment on tankers and have completed basic and advanced training in fire fighting. All trainees must be certified by a doctor to be physically fit to undertake the required strenuous training of the course.
 
SCHEDULE
Code No. of Days Room Starting Day
 SB 2  805 Thursday
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