National Maritime College of Ireland

Course Name:

Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting (3 day) STCW-95

Course Price:

€ 720

Short Description:

3-day course during which students are exposed to live fire scenarios in the Fire Training Unit (FTU) where they apply their training and use fire fighting equipment to control the fire.

Course Type:

STCW’95 & non STCW’95

Full Description:

Personnel on board a ship must be able to deal with incidents of fire while a ship is at sea. All mariners are trained in fire fighting and fire prevention techniques. Students at NMCI are exposed to live fire scenarios in the Fire Training Unit (FTU) where they apply their training and use fire fighting equipment to control the fire.

The fire fighting and prevention course includes:

- Introduction
- Brief on statistics
- Theory of fire
- Classes of fire
- Various Fire equipment
- Organisation and emergency procedures
- BA board and tally boards
- Ba lecture
- Ba confidence
- SAR in FTU
- Fire fighting practical from hose running , extinguishers to team fire fighting live fires.
- Team building.
- Damage repair and stability awareness lecture
- Dry run
- Foam SAR
- Damage repair exercise.
- Student assessment
- Theory exam

Items to bring:

When joining the course please bring the following items with you:

National photographic identification e.g. Passport or Driver's Licence, wash gear, towel, t-shirt, soft shoes, €1coin for safety locker, extra set of clothes.

PLEASE NOTE: Students must be in possession of a valid Medical Certificate / ENG 11. All students will be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire before the course commences.

N.B.-On the commencement day of the course, please be in the Reception area of the NMCI by 8.30am.

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For any queries please contact the admin team on + 353 21 4335609 or email services@nmci.ie