Fire Prevention & Its Control & MARPOL, ISO/ISM

FIRE PREVENTION & FIRE FIGHTING

1. Prevention Against Fire:
Classification of fires - A,B,C & D, mechanism & character of fire & explosions, causes of spontaneous combustion, precautions & prevention in cargo & machinery spaces,crank case explosions in diesel engines, danger of explosion in tankers due to presence of inflammable gases, hazards arising from static electricity in tankers, safety precautions on tankers, IMCO's recommendations, gas detection, tank cleaning & gas freeing systems for large tanks, precautions to be taken before entering double bottom tanks, cargo & ballast tanks & void spaces, prevention of fire during welding operations.

2. Fire Detection:
Fire detection & alarm systems, centralized control, smoke & ionization chambers, sensor heads in unmanned machinery spaces, mist detectors in enclosed crank cases of diesel engines, action to be taken when a fire is detected, informing & alarm system.

3. Fire Extinguishing Appliances:
An outline knowledge of statuary regulations - The Merchant Shipping Rules - concerning fire fighting appliances & systems for cargo, passenger ships, tankers, machinery spaces with boiler & diesel engines, emergency fire pump, hydrants & hoses, international hose connections, construction & operation of various types of portable extinguishers, smothering system, steam smothering system, automatic sprinkler system, high expansion foam smothering systems & inert gas, latest developments in fire fighting systems & appliances.

4. Fire Fighting:
Methods used to prevent the spread of fire, fuel oil pumps, lubricating oil pumps & ventilation fan remote shut off, procedure of fire fighting in machinery spaces, cargo holds, tanks, accommodation, use of smoke helmets & self contained breathing apparatus, training of personnel in fire fighting, IMO's recommendations, fire fighting organization, muster & fire drills in seagoing ships, care, maintenance, use & testing of appliances, survey of fire appliances, instruments to surveyors, safety equipment certificate & its validity.

MARPOL (Marine Pollution)

1. General:
Inter-Governmental Organization, prevention of pollution by ships.

2. Prevention of Pollution by Oil:
Regulations for the prevention of pollution by oil, requirements for control of operational pollution, reception facilities, oil tankers with segregated ballast, segregation of oil & water ballast, retention of oil on board, oil discharge monitoring & control system & oily-water separating equipment, tanks for oil residues, pumping, piping & discharge arrangements of oil tankers, standard discharge connection, oil record book, subdivision & stability criteria of an oil tanker.

3. Prevention of Pollution by Sewage:
Surveys of equipment, discharge of sewage, exception, reception facilities & standard discharge connections.

4. Prevention of Pollution by Garbage:
Special requirements for disposal of garbage, disposal of garbage within special areas & outside special areas, exceptions, reception facilities.

5. Control of Emissions from Ships.

6. Control & Management of Ship's Ballast Water & Pollution due to Anti-fouling Paints.

ISO/ISM

1. History of development of various IMO conventions, loadline, SOLAS, MARPOL, COLREG, STCW.

2. Basic working knowledge & regulations for following IMO conventions - SOLAS, loadline, MARPOL, COLREG, STCW.

3. Quality fundamentals, quality concepts, ISO series, quality system, requirements of ISO-9000

4. Role of Government in control of merchant ships, ISM code, objectives & functional requirements for safety management system.

5. An overview of watch-keeping system as practiced on-board ships, procedures for taking over & maintaining an Engine Room watch.

6. Guidance to watch-keeper in case of emergencies, like scavenge fires, crankcase explosions, starting airline explosions, fire in engine room, flooding in engine room, power failure, maintenance of log book, log abstract, Chief Engineer's machinery report.