Fire Safety and Training – Professional Mariner

Delgado Community College’s Maritime, Fire and Industrial Training Center

Located in New Orleans, Delgado Community College’s Maritime and Industrial Training Center has also earned MarAd Center of Excellence (CoE) status. Equipped with expansive firefighting facilities, three simulators, classrooms and a full kitchen to teach crew how to cook, Delgado is responsible for training between 5,000 and 7,000 people each year from across the region and world with the help…

Fatal fire aboard car carrier highlights training gaps among firefighters and increased concern over EVs

When a fire broke out aboard a docked roll-on/roll-off container vessel in 2023, a small blaze escalated to a deadly inferno that would claim the lives of two firefighters, bring sweeping training recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and highlight the dangers of fires aboard car-carrying vessels. Crewmembers aboard the 692-foot Italian-flagged ro-ro Grande Costa D’Avorio, which was…

Technology, innovative designs advance maritime firefighting, training

Fires while aboard a ship are a serious hazard that concerned mariners have to train for — and, in the event of an emergency, fight with while out on the water. Protecting the vessel and crew can come down to having the right equipment, proper training and appropriate systems in place. Technology and innovative designs have helped progress firefighting tools…

Regulatory changes impact FM-200 fire suppressant systems

The U.S. Coast Guard has alerted ship operators of plans to “phase down” the use of FM-200, a fire suppressant common in extinguishers and overhead sprinkler systems that lets loose a gush of greenhouse gas emissions. FM-200 is still allowed on vessels and there are no plans to prohibit it in the future, Pock Y. Utiskul, a fire protection engineer…