The US Navy creates a new fire safety agency due to the "critical unpreparedness" of sailors to extinguish fires

As a result of a series of inspections in the US Navy, a sad fact was revealed: sailors do not know how to extinguish fires in a port, and in a critical situation this can lead to very disastrous consequences. The command of the Navy decided to create a special oversight board that will oversee the improvement of fire safety fleet... This was stated by the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations of the US Navy, Admiral Bill Lesher.

The Learning to Action Council will be similar to the Readiness Reform Oversight Council (RROC), chaired by a Deputy Secretary of the Navy, and will include Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Environment, Engines, Personnel, Navy Commanders and Chief headquarters of the Navy.

The basis for the creation of a new body was the unavailability of the crews of warships revealed during the inspection to fight fires during repairs in ports. Navy analysts have prepared a report that analyzes fires on ships of the US Navy.

We saw that our ships meet high standards of firefighting at sea, but when they go into the maintenance phase, they face a variety of hazards and challenges.

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- Admiral Bill Lesher, deputy head of the Naval Operations Department, told reporters.

Although the admiral stressed that most of the crews still successfully cope with the tasks of extinguishing fires, but "some are difficult." These words, of course, mask a problem that is really serious for the American navy. At the heart of this problem is a combination of factors: this is the wrong tactics, and the low level of training of personnel, and low-quality equipment.

The readiness of ship crews to extinguish fires will increase with regular fire safety training. Moreover, the emphasis, taking into account the existing gaps, should be done on practicing actions to extinguish fires in ports. It is in this direction that American sailors demonstrate a low level of readiness.

According to analysts, 13 of the 15 fires on the ships occurred while the ships were at the docks for maintenance. During the repair, fire safety rules were violated, and the sailors could not respond quickly and efficiently to these fires. One example is the fire at the Bonhomme Richard UDC. The investigation believes that this was a deliberate arson, carried out by a sailor, who thus decided to take revenge on the command. The preliminary materials of the investigation say that in the first minutes, when the fire could be contained, the crew did not take proper measures. As a result, the ship received critical damage, and now it is being prepared for shipment for cutting into metal.

Naval Surface Forces Commander Vice Admiral Roy Kitchener told reporters in July that additional fire safety officers would be deployed to the Navy to assess firefighting training. He also promised new equipment for detecting fires on ships. Fire safety officers will also have to ensure that ship personnel conduct fire safety checks during repair work in ports.

Comments

[Bashkirkhan]

A sailor can be declared a prisoner of conscience. A new tradition has begun to form in the American Navy, and this can only be welcomed. If the ship gets up for repairs, then you need to ignite something on it. It is very reasonable, by the way, there is a strong shortage of crew, a significant part of fire extinguishing means and other equipment does not function, outsiders roam around the ship. If anyone has forgotten, let me remind you that 8 years before the Bonom Richard, the Miami nuclear submarine burned down under similar circumstances.

[Finches]

Appoint the newly baked Trans Admiral as the head of the surveillance office! It quickly fucks this lazy gang of critically inept sailor there.

[Lionnvrsk]

US Navy creates new fire department

Will there be a two-jet body?

[knn54]

- on the creation of a special supervisory board, which will oversee.
One more "overseers".
But we shouldn't be satisfied with what has already been achieved; create some kind of group that will suppress any possibility of corruption in the council.
Although the United States has enough different "anti-corruption bureaus" for several countries

[Ramon Mercader]

Yes, it hurts to lose the UDC.

[Max PV]

I thought it was just our crap that if something happened, we need to create a commission, whose work does not affect anything, and write an instruction that almost no one reads, and as if no one separately performs, and then report that the problem is resolved.

[tihonmarine]

At the heart of this problem is a combination of factors: this is both wrong tactics and low level of personnel training, and poor quality equipment.

And how to link here:

We saw that our ships meet high standards of firefighting at sea,

Personnel fit at sea "High standards" the same personnel ashore (in port) "Low level of training"
If you have already said A, then say B.
For some reason, the entire civilian fleet meets the standards both at sea and in the port, in the Soviet and Russian navies it also complies, but in the United States there is some kind of confusion, or there is no study and training on damage control, and specifically with fires.

[tralflot1832]

Something is wrong in the leadership of the US Navy. We do not know what they have under repair. How many crews are on board according to the Charter. The French nuclear submarine entered Murmansk on a friendship visit, according to their charter there is only a watch on board, and the rest they were hanging out at the Arktika hotel. Maybe the Americans have the same nonsense.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: tralflot1832

We do not know what they have under repair. How many crews are on board according to the Charter. The French nuclear submarine came to Murmansk on a friendship visit, according to their charter there was only a watch on board, and the rest were hanging out at the Arktika hotel. Americans, the same nonsense.

And remember how in our MRP-MRKh, a third of the crew on the ship, and every year they handed over the PPB, and even before the entire crew left for the voyage, the port control of the alarm “played”. There was no time to relax.

[tralflot1832]

Port control I remember how they had fun on departure, and if with remarks from the port control, then the entire transition of the alarm was played, before the fishing.

[rotmistr60]

sailors do not know how to put out fires in the port

If they do not know how in the port, then what can one say about a fire on the high seas? Do they have that training on the fight for damage to the ship is not carried out? Or are American ships, by default, not susceptible to holes, fires ... during combat?

[I am not a robot]

Well, the Americans seem to be trained sailors, but there was no crew in the port, there was no one to fight the fire. and the ships are tender right now, it is unlikely that even a trained crew can put out a strong fire

[Region-25.rus]

If they do not know how in the port, then what can one say about a fire on the high seas?

full staff on the high seas. Not under repair. in addition, usually some systems (fire, drainage, drainage, fuel, etc.) are either dismantled for onshore repair or disassembled and repaired on board. Power is often supplied from the shore. And that's mainly for lighting. In the latrine, and then you have to go to the shore. Especially when you're at the dock. How do I know? Well, like four repairs a month, and one defended almost three months. Carried firefighters watch (12 in a day) When, if in the daytime, you rush around the "box" like a wounded in a train ... a lynx with his tongue thrown over his shoulder. For gas welding works are going on in different places at the same time. And if in the night you walk and look wherever something is on fire. And if a fire caught us at this time, we would hardly have coped with it on our own. With fire, maybe. With fire, no. For, as I already wrote, many systems were not in working order. And they were burning in the sea, and so robust. The infirmary burned out to the devil but coped. Localized, extinguished. And then there was direct arson. The arsonist, of course, arranged for him knowing what and how, and in what place is better. What would have done quickly and wonderfully))) Yes, and the landing ship is not my trough of 5000 tons)))) Everything is orders of magnitude more complicated

[Kamchatsky]

Here's a fortanulo, you managed to put it out. From 50 meters on the An-2 we managed to turn 180 °, sit down and jump out of the plane. The device burned out completely, and then for three months I paid 25℅ from my salary for the "secret" cards. We were picked up by a chiki helicopter in an hour and a half, everything ended well.

[Region-25.rus]

Here's a fortanulo for you, they managed to extinguish

well, how fortanulo. The emergency batch worked like clockwork. Dressed in asbestos suits, turned on the KIP-8, rolled out and connected the sleeves, etc.))) In general, everything worked as it should!

From 50 meters on the An-2 we managed to turn 180 °, sit down and jump out of the plane

Well, the RTM type "Atlantic II" is still something different))) The margin of survivability is several orders of magnitude greater than that of the "maize" An-2 But it was still unpleasant. I then spent two more days restoring the hands-free communication lines, the electrician-electrician, the boatswain's interior with the sailors.
Ksatiti was in the early spring of 1997 in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk)))) Pollock was caught off the western coast of Kamchatka

[volodimer]

That's all right. At sea, hope only for yourself, saving the ship you fight for your life. And at the wall or in the dock there is always a subconscious hope for help from the shore and the fact that figs with her are a piece of iron, their own life is more important than hers. That is why the result can be so different.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: rotmistr60

Or are American ships, by default, not susceptible to holes, fires ... during combat?

Just sloppiness and connivance.

[sergo1914]

Firefighters are fighting fires. Sailors are fighting the sea.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: sergo1914

Firefighters are fighting fires. Sailors are fighting the sea.

On ships and ships, both at sea and on the shore, sailors are fighting. Firefighters are just observers.

[I am not a robot]

judging by the photo, one nuclear warhead, and half of the American fleet is not

[Cananecat]

Where does the money come from in the budget of the American Navy, if they organize a new "committee of sailors' mothers" and put them on the budget?
Give every American vessel a supervisory committee member!

[tihonmarine]

Quote: tralflot1832

Port control I remember how they had fun on departure.

If they haven't left to train for a week on the raid. As you remember the goosebumps. Yes, and in the field, every month we have anxiety, whether there is fish or not, but do not sin. Everyone knew their place and actions, and even by the stopwatch.