Fire-fighting, Effective boundary cooling

Big fires often start small. On board a ship, containing a fire can be the difference between life and death. One of the most important ways of controlling the spread of a fire is boundary cooling.

This course will describe procedures for controlling the escalation or spread of fire aboard ship using boundary cooling techniques. It will provide a summary of the principles of fire control based on the fire triangle and emphasize the importance of cooling within that paradigm. It will identify boundary cooling techniques, the equipment used and management of the risks likely to be encountered. The course will prepare the learner so they can initiate, maintain and control effective boundary cooling in different types of fire and areas of the ship.

Learning objectives:

• Identify effective boundary cooling
• State the aim of boundary cooling
• Identify possible dangers during boundary cooling
• Identify the role of boundary cooling in indirectly attacking fires