Scope of Firefighting Training:
Fires are dangerous on land but the dangers are
compounded on a vessel. Knowing the ways of which fires
are caused and extinguished will help in prevention. With
fire fighting skills and
fire control plans you can assure
the
safety of the vessel’s crew.
Firefighting Training Course Objective:
Any applicant who has successfully completed the 40-hour
Combined Basic and
Advanced Firefighting course will:
- Satisfy the Basic Safety Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting
training requirements of section A-VI/1 and Table A-VI/1-2
of the Seafares’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
(STCW) Code and 46 CFR 10.205 (1) (2)
- Satisfy the Advanced Fire Fighting training requirements
of Section A-VI/3 and Table A-VI/3 of the STCW Code
- The relationship between smoking and asbestos exposure
- Satisfy the Basic and Advanced Fire Fighting training
requirements of 46 CFR 10.205 (g) and 10.401 (g) (1) for
a license
- Satisfy the Fire Fighting training requirements of 46 CFR 13.113(d) (2) (i) (A), 13.113(e) (1) (i) (A) or (B), 13.301(e),13.401(e)
