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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
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by Dr. E. Jordan. A psychologist's view of marine fire fighting for land-based fire fighters.

Santa Clara 1
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by Captain Jack McGowan. Why the incident is unique.

The Normandie Fire
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by Paul Hashagen. A classic account of the consequences of Free Surface Effect.

Freighter Inferno
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The CENTAURUS challenges Wilmington Firefighters

Ventilating Fires Aboard Ship
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by John Abell, Senior Lecturer Warsash Maritime Insititute

Mississippi Towboat Engine Room Blaze
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from Professional Mariner magazine.

Manulani Fire
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a successful response by Seattle Fire Department

Noronic
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by Casey Cavanaugh Grant. The story of Toronto's greatest loss of life.

Russian Fishing Vessel Fire
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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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