re: #82 Anymouse

After the Forrestal fire, the Navy decided that every person needed to go through firefighting training. When you are on a ship and there is a fire, there is no place to run.

In the case of the Forrestal, the ship was nearly lost after nine major explosions ripped across the flight deck in the first few minutes.

I’ve had the pleasure of going through both aviation and shipboard firefighting schools and requalifications. (I cannot work for my village volunteer fire department because of epilepsy, so I work there doing things not related to fighting fires, such as cleaning the fire station and serving food during fundraisers.)

Do you do a canteen for the fire fighters? Part of the duties of our CERT group is to show up at fires when called by the fire department to provide water, snacks, and a place to rest. We have a tent, and for the summer we have fans that we can hook up to water hoses.