Course Number: MSG090
Course Title: Fire Prevention and Control
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
General
To equip the seafarers in the maritime industry with practical skills and
competence in shipboard operations consistent with their duties on merchant
vessels and fishing vessels. To enable mariners to adapt with confidence to the
demands and opportunities of a team approach to shipboard operations. This
course provides candidates with the skills and knowledge required to:
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assist in maintaining shipboard fire
prevention procedures;
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respond effectively as a key member
of the on board fire fighting team; and
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assist in maintaining fire fighting
and fire detection equipment carried on merchant ships.
Specific
Students
should be able to:
1.
Ensure the effectiveness of on board
fire safety procedures;
2.
Discuss the chemistry of fire and
its relationship to materials carried on board ship;
3.
Describe the underlying principles
affecting spread of fire and extinguishment;
4.
Demonstrate the safe operation of
portable firefighting equipment;
5.
Conduct interior search and rescue
and firefighting operations as a member of a team;
6.
Describe fixed fire detection and
extinguishing systems; and
7.
Outline standard shipboard fire
fighting organization.