Marine Articles
Marine Fire
Fighting Articles
Authored
by Captain John F. Lewis MNI CRSP
As You Train, So
Shall You Respond - The need
for realistic and relevant on board training
Evaluating
Command Process in Emergency Response - Is the
shipmaster -" Master under God?"
The Work of The
Harbour Master - A practical
guide
Fire at Sea - How to Defeat
the Silent Killer
Mariners and
Land-based Firefighters - A Unified
Response
Stability and
Dewatering - Considerations
During Fire Fighting
Hosework - The Neglected
Art
Integration of
Emergency Response to Facilities within the Port - Emergencies in
a Port
Put PEP into
Emergency Response - People,
Equipment and Prepardness
Marine
Firefighting for the Land-based Fire Fighter -
The Ship/Shore Interface
- Part I -
Access and Assessment?
- Part II - What's
on board?
- Part III -
Training and Resources?
Safety
The ISM Code
- by Capt. S.W.Bowles BowTech@direct.ca
Articles
by Capt. Jon Kjaerulf: Fremont
Maritime Services
Stop beating
that dead horse!
Good intentions
are not enough.
Training and
preparation for fire at sea.
Who needs a fire
plan? - you do.
Other articles of
interest in the field of fire.
It's a different world
- by Dr. E.
Jordan. A psychologist's view of marine fire
fighting for land-based fire fighters.
Santa Clara 1
- by
Captain Jack McGowan. Why the incident
is unique.
The Normandie Fire
- by Paul Hashagen.
A classic account of the consequences of Free
Surface Effect.
Freighter Inferno
- The
CENTAURUS challenges Wilmington Firefighters
Ventilating Fires Aboard Ship
- by John Abell,
Senior Lecturer Warsash Maritime Insititute
Mississippi Towboat Engine
Room Blaze
- from
Professional Mariner magazine.
Manulani Fire
- a successful
response by Seattle Fire Department
Noronic
-by Casey
Cavanaugh Grant. The story of Toronto's greatest
loss of life.
Russian
Fishing Vessel Fire
- Offshore
response by Scotland's Fire Service
The Anatomy
of a Fire
- The M.V. "UNION
ROTOMA" Story

F/V Gijon in Esquimalt Graving Dock, B.C.
Canada, October 1997.
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