Advanced Fire Fighting Training Course
The Advanced Fire Fighting Course equips participants with the knowledge and practical skills required to respond effectively as part of an onboard fire-fighting team. The course focuses on fire prevention, tactical fire-fighting techniques, emergency response coordination, and the safe use and maintenance of fire detection and fire-fighting equipment onboard merchant vessels.
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Certification Validity
Certified competency valid for 3 years.
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Topics Covered:
- Introduction, safety and principles
- Areas of fire hazard
- Fire precautions
- Dry distillation
- Chemical reactions
- Boiler uptake fires and exhaust fires in prime movers and auxiliary exhausts
- Fires in water-tube boilers
- Tactics and procedure of fire control while ship is at sea
- Tactics and procedure of fire control while ship is in port
- Tactics and procedure of fire control while ship is carrying dangerous goods
- Tactics and procedure of fire control for oil, chemical and gas tankers
- Use of water for fire extinguishing, the effect on stability, precautions and corrective procedures
- Communication and co-ordination during fire-fighting
- Ventilation control including smoke extractor
- Control of fuel and electrical systems
- Fire precautions and hazards associated with the storage and handling of materials (paints etc.)
- Management and control of injured persons
- Procedures for co-ordination with shore-based fire fighters
- Preparation of contingency plans
- Composition and allocation of personnel to fire parties
- Training of seafarers in fire-fighting
- Fire control plans
- Organization of fire and abandon ship drills
- Strategies and tactics for control of fires various parts of the ship
- Fire alarms
- Fire detection equipment
- Fixed fire-extinguishing equipment
- Fire main, hydrants, hoses and nozzles and pumps
- Portable and mobile fire extinguishing equipment including appliances
- Firefighters outfits and other personal protective equipment
- Rescue and life support equipment
- Salvage equipment
- Communication equipment
- Requirements for statutory and classification surveys
- Fire investigation and reporting
- Trainees experience of fires on ships
- Documented reports of fires on ships lessons learned