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Required Skills: |
Communicate effectively with crew and passengers during fire emergencies |
Determine the type and extent of the fire and initiate appropriate, timely, actions |
Evaluate effectiveness of firefighting activities and tactics during a fire emergency |
Initiate appropriate action and provide solutions to problems with firefighting equipment and operations during a fire emergency |
Liaise with shore-based emergency organisations during a fire emergency |
Manage fire prevention and suppression activities on a vessel |
Manage on-board firefighting training for shipboard firefighting teams |
Manage shipboard firefighting teams and their tactical activities during a fire emergency |
Manage the maintenance of firefighting equipment and systems |
Provide leadership to shipboard personnel and passengers during a fire emergency |
Recognise and interpret fire alarms and initiate appropriate response |
Required Knowledge: |
Assessment of cause of incidents involving fire |
Chemistry of fire and its relationship to combustible materials typically found on vessels |
Communication and coordination during firefighting operations |
Composition and allocation of personnel to fire parties |
Control of fuel and electrical systems |
Different classes of fire and the most appropriate extinguishing agents, application equipment and methods of extinguishment for each |
Fire-detection systems: fixed fire-extinguishing systems; portable and mobile fire-extinguishing systems, including appliances, pumps and rescue, salvage, life-support, personal protective and communication equipment |
Fire precautions and hazards associated with the storage and handling of materials (paints etc.) |
Firefighting procedures at sea and in port, with particular emphasis on organisation, tactics and command |
Firefighting process hazards (dry distillation, chemical reactions, boiler uptake fires etc.) |
Firefighting involving dangerous goods |
Implications of shipboard firefighting management in port and the procedures that must be followed to comply with port and state regulations |
Importance of maintenance of fire detection and firefighting equipment on board vessels |
Life and health risks associated with fires on vessels |
Management and control of injured persons |
Maritime communication techniques applicable to the management of fire prevention and firefighting activities on board a vessel |
Methods for checking and replacing consumable materials in fire detection, fire-fighting equipment and systems on board vessels |
Preparation of contingency plans |
Principle of operation of fixed fire suppression systems |
Principles underlying the spread of fire and its extinguishment |
Problems likely to be encountered during the management of a shipboard fire and related tactics and solutions that can be applied |
Procedure for safe activation of fixed firefighting systems |
Procedures for coordination of shore-based firefighters |
Relevant regulations, codes of practice, policies and procedures relating to the maintenance of fire detection, firefighting equipment and systems on board vessels |
Requirements for on-board firefighting training |
Requirements for statutory and classification surveys |
Safety data sheets/material safety data sheets relevant to the various products and substances carried on vessels |
Strategies and tactics for control of fires in various parts of the vessel |
Strategies for rapid briefing of shore-based emergency organisations using the vessel fire control plan |
Types of fire detection, firefighting equipment and systems used on vessels, their features, principles of operation, the procedures for their use and remediating problems that can occur during use |
Typical actions of passengers in a shipboard fire |
Use of water for fire extinguishing, the effect on ship stability, precautions and corrective procedures |
Ventilation control, including smoke extraction |
Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and safe work practices |