Fireboat Crew Training Manual 3.5
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LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREBOAT CREW TRAINING MANUAL 3.5 September 1993 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PART 1 – INTRODUCTION History of the Design 4 As-Built Characteristics 5 Training Objectives 6 Training Format 7 MARAD 7 PART 2 – SEAMANSHIP & BOAT HANDLING See Chapman’s 9 PART 3 – SHIP’S SYSTEMS Section I – General Hull Machinery 19 Section II – Furniture & Furnishings 46 Section III – Lifesaving Equipment 49 Section IV – Fire Extinction & Onboard Alarms 51 Section V – Navigating & Electronic Equipment 65 Section VI – HVAC 81 Section VII – Hull Piping Systems 89 Section VIII – Main Propulsion/Controls/Machinery Piping 103 Section IX – Auxiliary Engines & Generators 129 Section X – Power & Lighting 143 Section XI – Firefighting Systems 164 LIST OF FIGURES Folding Stanchion Mooring & Towing Fittings Mast Steering Gear Electrical/Hydraulic Circuit Pilot House Control Console – Steering Control Steering Gear Hydraulic/Mechanical Circuit Flow Paths of 4-Way Directional Control Valve Flow Paths & Steering Cylinder Response Engine Room Fire Suppression System Engine Room Fire Suppression System Main Deck Engine Room Fire Suppression System Engine Room Argus Alarm Panel Halon System Safety Precautions 2 Pilot House Control Console – Navigation HVAC System – Engine Room Supply & Exhaust HVAC System – Heating & Ventilating HVAC System – Miscellaneous Heat & Exhaust Pilot House Control Console – HVAC Bilge System Oily Bilge System Potable Water System Sewage Treatment System Sanitary/Interior Deck Drains Weather Deck Drains Vents & Sounding Tubes Vents & ST Details Machinery Locations Argus Alarm Panel Pilot House Control Console – Engine Control & Monitoring Sea Water Cooling System Air Compressor & Receivers Compressed Air System Seachest Vent/Blowdown Piping Air Drier Circuit & Reducing Station Control Air System Engine Control Panels Pilot House Control Console – General Arrangement Diesel Generator Battery Chargers Starting Auxiliary Engines (Generator) From Pilot House Starting Auxiliary Engines (Generator) From Engine Room Securing Auxiliary Engines (Generator) Starting Auxiliary Engines (Center Pump) Securing Auxiliary Engines (Center Pump) Electrical Distribution System 460V Power 120/208V Power General Alarm Battery Charger Communications Battery Charger Firemain System Fire Pumps Foam System Pilot House Control Console – Firefighting Pump/ Valve Control & Monitoring 3 PART 1 (INTRODUCTION) History of the Design: Although the primary intent of this manual is to provide crew training information with regard to the specifics of operating the fireboats, we feel it may be interesting for all crew members to know something of the history of design and construction regarding the Long Beach Fireboats. In December of 1982, the Port of Long Beach invited several Naval Architecture firms to submit proposals for design and engineering services necessary to develop a configuration for two (2) new fireboats. The primary functions and characteristics that Long Beach requested these vessels have were: Primary Modes of Operation: - Firefighting - Search and rescue - Oil spill containment and cleanup Specific System Capabilities: - Pump 7,500 - 10,000 gpm water - Primary monitor capable of dispensing 5,000 gpm - Multiple 2,500 gpm monitors with a 1,500 gpm tower monitor, all remotely controlled - Monitor tower to extend 65' above the water - Multiple fire pumps with split manifolds - Modern electronics to include radar, radio, loud hailer and CB - Minimum crew size of 4 persons - Shore power connection - Ample storage for 1,000' of 2-1/2" hose and 300' of 1-3/4" hose - Hoisting and retrieval capability for limited rescue operations - High maneuverability at a top speed of 20+ knots - Foam capacity of 1,000 gallons AFFF - Diesel engines as required to provide separate drive and pumping activity - Fuel capacity to support 12 hours of continuous pumping In several detailed, technical interviews which took place within a period of the next nine months, the group of marine design firms competing for the design contract was narrowed to five. On October 27, 1983, the Seattle, Washington based firm of Nickum & Spaulding Associates was selected to design the new fireboats. 4 Nickum & Spaulding Associates, Inc., is a naval architecture and marine engineering firm that was formed in 1971 when W. C. Nickum & Sons Co., Inc., merged with the firm of Philip F. Spaulding & Associates, Inc. The firm's naval architecture designs have included all types of conventional and special purpose vessels, from small boats to ships up to 900' in length, displacing 11,000 tons. Naval architecture efforts have ranged from complete design responsibility for tugs, barges, supply vessels, fireboats, passenger ships, automobile and passenger ferries, bulk carriers, oil tankers, cargo ships and fish boats for commercial interests; to detail design of cable laying vessels and exploration vessels, destroyer escorts, hydrofoils, minesweepers, submarine net tenders, floating drydocks, Coast Guard cutters, fishery research vessels, oceanographic research vessels and numerous naval auxiliaries for the U.S. Government. In April of 1984, N&SA received an executed contract from Long Beach and then began a Phase I Conceptual Design, and Phase II Preliminary Design for the new fireboats. These two phases were completed by August, 1984, and work then began on Phase III, which was the contract Design. In this phase, the detailed engineering was performed to determine the final design for the fireboats. This phase also included composition of the Technical Construction Specification which would later be used during the shipyard construction phase for the boats, Phase III was completed in January, 1985. In June 1985, the Port of Long Beach invited bids from approximately 10 shipyards for the construction of the two vessels. Fire (5) shipyards responded and on August 28, 1985, the bids were opened to declare Moss Point Marine of Pascagoula, Mississippi the winner of the construction contract award. Finally, on November 11, 1985, the first plates of steel were cut and welded into a jig upon which the fireboats would be built. Construction and outfitting continued throughout the summer and early fall of 1986 and CHALLENGER was launched by crane into the Escatawpa River on August 21, 1986, with LIBERTY being launched shortly thereafter on October 6, 1986. Each fireboat was subsequently loaded onto a barge and then brought to Long Beach under tow through the Panama Canal. As-Built Characteristics: Since both boats have been launched at the time of this writing, it is appropriate to provide you with the vessels' "as-built" configurations and some of the operating characteristics. Both vessels are twin screw, diesel powered, multi-purpose fireboats, which are outfitted for firefighting, search and rescue, and limited salvage operations. Specific System Capabilities: - Pumping capacity to 10,000 gpm of water 5 - Primary housetop monitor capability of dispensing 5,400 gpm of water - 2,000 gpm fixed bow, foredeck and aft manual, 2 each monitors with 1,500 gpm tower monitor - Single stage extendable tower to a height of 65' above water line - Three main fire pumps powered from independent diesel engines and all pumping to a common firemain with split hose manifolds on the bow, port and starboard sides - Shore power connection - Foam pumping capacity to 1,000 gallons AFFF - 1,500 gallons of fuel capacity to support 12 continuous hours of pumping while maintaining station, and with sufficient fuel remaining for a one hour run at top speed on both diesels - 1/2 ton hand winch with davit, common-mounted on a swivel base - High maneuverability with 15 knot top speed - Electronics which include a digital radar, VHF/UHF radios, depth sounder, RDF, 4 station crew intercom with loud hailing ability - Remote aft control station for operation of the firefighting and propulsion systems while keeping station - Pilothouse misting cool-down system for close quarters firefighting - Crew dayroom facility with mini-kitchen, head and settee/berth - Transom step at water line level for rescue operations These vessels have been designed and built for operations that will take place specifically in the Long Beach area, inside of, and beyond the breakwater. Training Objectives: Because of the highly complex and sophisticated design of these vessels, a suitable crew training program has been developed for all members of the fireboat crews. The complexity of these boats demands that a systematic approach to training be taken to insure that damage and abuse to major items of machinery and systems be minimized. To learn the proper operation of these vessels requires time. Large quantities of information must be reviewed, understood and then made useful with direct application of the knowledge. This task is not easy. The training program has been established to assist the firefighters in first becoming familiar with the vessels' arrangements and various systems, and then to teach time proficiency in the execution of operational procedures. The desired result is to obtain crews which are able to competently operate the vessels in a much shorter period of time than could be expected of them if they were left to struggle with the task unaided. Another purpose of this program is to provide a document which can be used to help train future fireboat crews that transfer in from a land-based station, and who may have no previous experience in operating marine vessels. 6 Training Format & Presentation Sequence: PART 1 INTRODUCTION