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Normally, most Coast Guard units (shore and afloat) will require cross-training of other duties, including engineering for a rounded, well trained, and safer unit organization. Navy DCs do the work necessary for damage control, ship stability, firefighting, fire prevention, and CBRN warfare & defense.
During the 1960s–1980s Treasure Island was used by the U.S. Navy for shipboard fire fighting and damage control training for Hull Maintenance Technicians and other sailors. Treasure Island housed the " USS Buttercup " (in Bldg. 341 on Avenue M and 4th Street) which was a static damage control trainer that was used for real time shipboard ...
The flight-deck film of the flight operations, titled "Learn or Burn", became mandatory viewing for firefighting trainees. [1] All new Navy recruits are required to view a training video titled "Trial by Fire: A Carrier Fights for Life", [47] [14] [26] produced from footage of the fire and damage control efforts, both successful and unsuccessful.
Training at the Recruit Training Command's fire fighting school. During Week Six, recruits learn shipboard damage control and firefighting skills. Recruits will learn to escape smoke-filled compartments, open and close watertight doors, use self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBAs), carry fire hoses and learn to extinguish fires.
Fire Controlman 2nd Class Anthony Ferretti performs maintenance on a close-in weapon system for a live-fire exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke. According to the official history documented by the U.S. Navy, the fire controlman rating was established in 1941, when it was split off from the gunner's mate rating. It was ...
A United States Navy damage controlman practices pipe-patching techniques. The USS Nevada is shown temporarily beached and burning after being hit by Japanese bombs and torpedoes on December 7, 1941. In navies and the maritime industry, damage control is the emergency control of situations that may cause the sinking of a watercraft. Examples are:
The two-phase IDCERTEX involved intermediate and advanced training for the strike group across the full spectrum of naval warfare operations. The first phase involved such unit-level training as shipboard firefighting; man overboard drills; visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS); and other ship-specific functions. The second phase involved ...
A hull maintenance technician using a cutting torch aboard the USS Nimitz. Hull maintenance technician (abbreviated as HT) is a United States Navy occupational rating.. Hull maintenance technicians plan, supervise, and perform tasks necessary for fabrication, installation and repair of all types of shipboard structures, plumbing, sheet metal fabrication, carpentry and piping systems; organize ...