Advanced Training in Fire Fighting
Advanced Training in Fire Fighting
Persons successfully completed the course must:
– know: causes of fire, measures to prevent fires, the combustion process, tactics and procedures for controlling different types of fires, how to coordinate the actions of coastal fire services, the rules for the preparation of emergency plans, crewing on emergency groups / parties, how to prepare and conduct crew training, ship FF systems, fire alarm and fire-fighting requirements and methods for the verification of systems and equipment, procedures for investigating and documenting fires;
– be able to: prepare emergency plans for firefighting, to prepare plans for the training of the crew, prepare a strategy and tactics to combat different types of fires, conduct inspections of fire alarm systems, fire protection systems and equipment, to conduct an investigation and prepare report occurred onboard fires.
Course requirements:
The program was developed on the basis of the requirements of STCW Convention 78/95 Reg. VІ/3, Section: А – VІ/3 of the Code of STCW 78 (as amended), Directive 2008/106 / of the European Parliament and the Council of EC, as amended and supplemented, and on the IMO Model Course 2.03
Requirements to participants:
Trainees must:
- be aged not less than 18;
- have at least secondary education;
- have certificate of competency in accordance with the requirements of STCW 78/95, and when determined by the shipowner to perform these duties have to be trained in courses “Personal Survival Techniques”, “Elementary First Aid” and “Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities”;
- have a valid certificate for training in a course “Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting”;
- a declaration that they are physically and mentally fit to take part in practical exercises.
Information and enrolment
Dimitar Komitov
