Shipboard Fire is a manual on merchant ship types including Passenger carrying ships of various classes that ply the waters of the high seas and the lakes and rivers of all of the navigable waters. Any and all persons who are yachtsmen or who would take passage on a Cruise ship or other Merchant Vessel would find the first four chapters of special interest as these chapters dwell on not only the ship types but also that of the ship’s nomenclature (parts of the ship) and the language (names of the parts) used by the seamen on board. The manual also covers ship construction in that it explains the deck planning system and how to find ones way on board.

 

The main emphasis of Shipboard Fire, however is directed toward the folks within the Department of Homeland Security and toward the Land based Firefighters and Emergency personnel who have Marine Facilities or Ports of Call within their areas of Jurisdiction or Response. Much of the manual does apply not only the larger ships that carry commercial goods and passengers but applies to all vessels or floating platforms down to the smallest boat, they have the same inherit problems as the big ones.

 

The manual goes into detail on certain events that may occur on board a ship during an emergency or fire that describes the Machinery Room and equipment, Ship Stability problems to keep the ship upright, the firefighting plan, strategy and logistics. Fires on board ship require special attention and for the safety of the firefighter, this manual was written. Putting out a fire on a floating platform is a dangerous undertaking and its inherent problems are not experienced on shore side facilities.

 

Sea Captains and Mates and Marine Terminal Operators would be interested in this manual, as it would help them understand the problems of the fire service and how their input would enhance the Firefighting or Rescue effort.

It’s a race against time.  Since the first Titanic had sailed the North Atlantic back in April 14,th 1912.  Since then, people all over the world love talking about the beautiful Ocean liner the Titanic.  They talk about how beauiful the Vessel was.  Scientists would explore the ship that is laying on the Ocean floor of the Atlantic.  Scientists had brought back items that lived in the sea for many years.  Scientists had even brought back a part of the ship, but what about the ship itself?  Scientists would say, it is very impossible to bring s ship that size back to the surface.  But could they rebuild a ship that size again and make it look like the real Titanic?  The tax payers would say, no, no way because it would cost them to much money, and it may hit another Iceberg and sink again.  No one really talks about rebuilding the Titanic.  Since the Titanic is gone it is just a memory or is it?  In this story it had been done.  The Titanic has been reborn.  The race continues on.

 

SYNOPSIS The following is an 'anecdotal' snapshot of my time at sea through the eyes of a 'first-tripper' as an Assistant Electrical Engineer, Cableship Officer, under the auspices of British Telecomm(Marine) International. This 'aide-memoir/novelette', has come about by members of my family continually telling/cajoling me to write down the events and incidents which I was involved in or happened to me. The reader should note that what transpires was in the days before certain legislation became as rigorous as it is in today's working enviroment. The author wishes to thank his wife,primarily for putting up with my periods of absenteeism whilst raising our family very much single-handedly all those years ago.......With hindsight, which is the one thing everone has a PhD in. This book should really never have come about. Some people might regard me as being selfish to leave my wife and baby at a time when I was most needed; with the need to provide, then,now and the future beckoning, I just couldn't ignore that aspect. The nature of the 'job' could be seen as 'episodic, what follows is the good,the bad, does that mean I'm the ugly? John Prince.

Shipboard Fire is a manual on merchant ship types including Passenger carrying ships of various classes that ply the waters of the high seas and the lakes and rivers of all of the navigable waters. Any and all persons who are yachtsmen or who would take passage on a Cruise ship or other Merchant Vessel would find the first four chapters of special interest as these chapters dwell on not only the ship types but also that of the ship’s nomenclature (parts of the ship) and the language (names of the parts) used by the seamen on board. The manual also covers ship construction in that it explains the deck planning system and how to find ones way on board.

 

The main emphasis of Shipboard Fire, however is directed toward the folks within the Department of Homeland Security and toward the Land based Firefighters and Emergency personnel who have Marine Facilities or Ports of Call within their areas of Jurisdiction or Response. Much of the manual does apply not only the larger ships that carry commercial goods and passengers but applies to all vessels or floating platforms down to the smallest boat, they have the same inherit problems as the big ones.

 

The manual goes into detail on certain events that may occur on board a ship during an emergency or fire that describes the Machinery Room and equipment, Ship Stability problems to keep the ship upright, the firefighting plan, strategy and logistics. Fires on board ship require special attention and for the safety of the firefighter, this manual was written. Putting out a fire on a floating platform is a dangerous undertaking and its inherent problems are not experienced on shore side facilities.

 

Sea Captains and Mates and Marine Terminal Operators would be interested in this manual, as it would help them understand the problems of the fire service and how their input would enhance the Firefighting or Rescue effort.

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SYNOPSIS The following is an 'anecdotal' snapshot of my time at sea through the eyes of a 'first-tripper' as an Assistant Electrical Engineer, Cableship Officer, under the auspices of British Telecomm(Marine) International. This 'aide-memoir/novelette', has come about by members of my family continually telling/cajoling me to write down the events and incidents which I was involved in or happened to me. The reader should note that what transpires was in the days before certain legislation became as rigorous as it is in today's working enviroment. The author wishes to thank his wife,primarily for putting up with my periods of absenteeism whilst raising our family very much single-handedly all those years ago.......With hindsight, which is the one thing everone has a PhD in. This book should really never have come about. Some people might regard me as being selfish to leave my wife and baby at a time when I was most needed; with the need to provide, then,now and the future beckoning, I just couldn't ignore that aspect. The nature of the 'job' could be seen as 'episodic, what follows is the good,the bad, does that mean I'm the ugly? John Prince.