Duration: One Day
Location: Bermuda Maritime Academy HQ
Fire Prevention & Fire Refresher
Following the Manila Amendments to the STCW Convention (STCW 2010) as of January 2017 anyone serving onboard ship and are qualified in any of the following, you must, as of the 1st January 2017, have completed an STCW Update training course within the last 5 years.
This Maritime Fire Fighter training course is part of the mandatory basic safety training for all seafarers with designated safety duties. It deals with the precautions needed to minimise the risk of fires, how fires are caused and how to extinguish them.
CERTIFICATION
This course is accredited by the MCA and provides part of the statutory basic training requirements for seafarers. Maritime establishments are well aware of the implications of possible fires aboard ship, particularly at sea when assistance is rarely possible. Having well trained and competent crew to deal with fire situations is therefore invaluable.
Successful completion of this one day practical course will lead to the STCW A-VI/1-2 Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting Update certificate which forms part of the STCW Basic Safety Training Update.
WHAT YOU LEARN
The Fire Fighting and Fire Prevention course deals with the necessary precautions to minimise the risk of fires aboard ship. It examines how fires are caused and the first means of extinguishing them.
The aim of the course is to give seafarers the essential education and training in fire fighting and fire prevention, particularly focusing on:
- Understanding the risk of fire onboard and how to minimise those risks
- Learning how to fight and extinguish fires as well as search for and recover casualties
- Covering how to wear fire fighting equipment including personal breathing apparatus and safe use of fire extinguishers.