Offshore Fire Team (OFT)

Overview:

This program is designed to provide all personnel who work on offshore drilling units or ships, especially members of a designated fire team, with an understanding of the chemistry and associated hazards of fire and with practical skills and team training in fire suppression, rescue, and personal protection.

Program Content

• Chemistry of fires
• Fire suppression equipment
• Personal protection and rescue equipment
• Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• Fire prevention and drills
• Fire assessment
• Firefighting techniques
• Gas impinging fires
• Fire scene search and rescue techniques
• Helicopter fires
• Machinery space fires

Practical training exercises will be conducted at the Fire Field.