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NAUT420 - Advanced firefighting

Credits: 1.5

This course will cover the organizing and training of fire parties and controlling fire-fighting operations aboard ships including tank vessels. The course will address the fire detection and firefighting equipment aboard ships and the investigation of incidences concerning fires. The course is designed to prepare the student to serve as On Scene Leader at a shipboard fire. This is an STCW course required as part of USCG Licensing and includes the 2010 STCW Manila Amendments. All competencies must be successfully completed. This course also includes a 1 day training exercise at an approved US Coast Guard Shipboard Fire Training Facility.

Prerequisites: NAUT 110 
1 class hour a week
1 laboratory hour a week


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