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MAR002 - Advanced Fire Fighting (TXEESTI-15) - 32.00 Hours | |||||
| Start Date | End Date | Location | Class Number | ||
| 5/21/13 | 5/24/13 | College Station, TX USA | FP MAR002 101 | [register] [details] | |
| 6/4/13 | 6/7/13 | College Station, TX USA | FP MAR002 102 | [register] [details] | |
| 6/11/13 | 6/14/13 | College Station, TX USA | FP MAR002 117 | [register] [details] | |
| 6/18/13 | 6/21/13 | College Station, TX USA | FP MAR002 103 | [register] [details] | |
| 6/25/13 | 6/28/13 | College Station, TX USA | FP MAR002 118 | [register] [details] | |
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| This schedule is subject to change without notice. If you have not received confirmation of the class prior to the class start, please contact the division to get the latest schedule. | |||||
Course Description
MAR002 - Advanced Fire Fighting (TXEESTI-15) - 32.00 Hours
Prerequisites
Due to the strenuous nature of firefighting and rescue activities, participants should secure a professional evaluation of their physical condition prior to enrolling in these courses.Description
The Advanced Marine Firefighting course emphasizes hands-on training to provide students with the skills necessary to effectively lead an emergency response team aboard a merchant vessel or offshore facility. Supplementing the hands-on training are a number of classroom presentations utilizing lectures, demonstrations, case histories, class discussions and visual presentations.
Students will be assigned to various positions on emergency response teams and will be asked to respond to different live fire situations as an organized unit. Students, as attack team and scene leaders, will assess the situation, decide on a course of action and implement chosen tactics to successfully control the incident.
Topics
Topics covered in the course include:
- Portable extinguisher review
- Fire hose and nozzle review
- SCBA review
- Interior firefighting review
- Pre-fire planning
- Organization of a fire party
- Firefighting in port
- Size-up
- Case histories
- Use of water and its effects on stability
- Storage and handling of hazardous materials
- Tactical components of shipboard firefighting
- Inspection and servicing of firefighting equipment
- Use of fixed fire extinguishing systems
- Training of a fire party
Audience
Any merchant marine or offshore petroleum industry personnel who may be required to perform in a leadership role in response to a fire aboard ship or at their facility
Other Information
Students will be provided with the knowledge and skills required to conduct a rapid, precise size-up of a fire, to determine the correct course of action (strategy) and to direct an appropriate tactical response with the resources at hand.
The course exceeds IMO, STCW and U.S. Coast Guard advanced firefighting training requirements.
Tuition includes course materials, protective clothing and lunch. Lodging is not included. Tuition must be paid prior to or on the first day of class unless other arrangements have been made.
Students should wear comfortable work clothes. Shorts, opened-toed shoes, and sleeveless shirts are not allowed. Students are required to participate in hands-on activities utilizing self contained breathing apparatus and therefore must be clean shaven while attending class. Facial hair must not be present where the SCBA mask seal contacts the skin. Mustaches and normal sideburns are permitted.
Classes are conducted in Building #71 at Brayton Fire Training Field, 1595 Nuclear Science Road, College Station, TX. To receive a list of local hotels contact the Marine Firefighting Program / ESTI at (979) 845-1152. Classes are Tuesday - Friday 8:00AM - 5:00PM.
To register by phone contact the Marine Firefighting Program at (979) 845-1152 or by fax at (979) 458-4364.
For more information on this or other courses, contact Kirk Richardson at (979) 845-1158 or Kirk.Richardson@teexmail.tamu.edu.
Course dates and fees are subject to change without notice.
PLEASE NOTE: Starting September 1, 2003, the Advanced Marine Firefighting classes will begin at 8:00 am on Tuesdays.
Price
Please click on "details" above for individual class pricing.