NEW PRODUCTS: FIRE DETECTION & PREVENTIONNASNI Builds Navy’s FirstSubmarine FiFi Trainer val bases around the country in addition realism that will be taken with each of to the NASNI trainer, and has also cur- those ? re? ghters when they go to the rently stationed mobile training units at real ? re.”Naval Bases in Kings Bay, Ga. and New Tenney, a former damage controlman London, Conn. The new ? re? ghting in the Navy, understands the dif? culty of trainer at NASNI is the ? rst of the four navigating through a ship or submarine permanent modular trainers to be built. without previous shipboard experience.The other three trainers purchased by “A lot of the guys haven’t been on ships, CNIC will be located at Portsmouth, N.H.; they haven’t been in the Navy, so this is Norfolk, Va. and Bangor, Wash. These going to teach them the tactics needed in trainers, located in four different regions, assisting the ship’s crew with shipboard will allow federal ? re? ghters, emergency ? re? ghting,” Tenney said. “This is go-services and outside agencies access to a ing to give great awareness to people that proper trainer to increase operational ca- don’t have much experience.”pabilities in the event that a live incident When ? ghting a ? re in the dockyard, or ? re occurs on a ship, said David Saler- typically, the ship’s force begins the pro-no, Assistant Fire Chief with Southwest cess. They determine where the ? re is, set Region Fire and Emergency Services. their boundaries, and start the ? re attack. “The major problems we have in ships However, if they realize they need more or submarines is ? guring out where the resources to deal with the incident, the ? re is internally, ? guring out where you base ? re departments are called in and are, and being able to deal with the hori- respond to the situation, said Salerno.zontal and vertical passages that aren’t “Now that we have this trainer, we typical,” said Salerno, who is also the have something that’s speci? c to our NASNI training center manager and San needs, something we can internally de-Diego metro area training of? cer. velop training objectives to and then Nick Lugue Jr., a welder with Naval Facilities Engineering Com-The accuracy of the submarine’s repre- train to those objectives on a schedule mand Southwest, welds a new ? re? ghting trainer into place at sentation in the new trainer will provide that works for us on a regular basis,” said Naval Air Station North Island. The trainer is the ? rst of four ? re? ghters the best possible training Salerno. “It will make us in? nitely more new trainers the Navy is building that will simulate potential ? re available. “The way this has been de- effective when we’re actually ? ghting a hazards aboard submarines. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Commu-signed with the speci? cs in it that rep- ? re on a ship.”nication Specialist 3rd Class Todd C. Behrman)licate the interior of a submarine, with Training in the new facility has al-submarine hatches, they can drill and ready begun, with scenarios designed train on those speci? cs and get their skill to push the capabilities of the trainees. Trainers almost one year ago in response level up so if they do have to respond in Two classes of ? re? ghters completed a Smoke bellows out the ventila-to the incident on the USS Miami, in the dockyard they’ll be ready for it,” said two-day course on Oct. 29 and Oct. 31, tion ducts. The glow of the blaz-which a ? re caused over $400 million of Cumming. respectively, to become instructors on ing ? re emanates down the pas-In addition to the hatches, the trainer the new trainer, familiarizing themselves damage to the submarine.sageway. Fire? ghters move with has scuttles, grates, a galley, a main with the various operations and safety Numerous issues arose from the in-precision and purpose, pausing cident, primarily ? re? ghter response space, electrical panels, cable trays and features of the facility.to unleash a torrent of water and the readiness of base ? re? ghters to simulated wires throughout bulkheads, While the ? re? ghters continue to train towards the ? re as they kneel deal with ? ghting shipboard ? re. The said Mike Tenney, a captain with Federal and acclimate themselves to the unique before it. Such was the scene at need for additional training resources Fire Department San Diego stationed at challenges of shipboard ? re? ghting, the the Navy’s ? rst submarine ? re-was identi? ed in order to train base ? re Naval Base Point Loma Fire Station 111. Navy will reap the bene? t of having its ? ghting trainer, located at Naval “This gives our ? re? ghters an oppor- base and local ? re departments better departments on what they’ll encounter Air Station North Island (NASNI) when ? ghting ? res in the tight quarters tunity to ? gure out ahead of time, before equipped to handle ship and submarine Oct. 29.they’re actually in a real ? re, how to ? res thanks to its new ? re? ghting trainers.of a submarine.Kidde Fire Trainers is scheduled to navigate their way through a ship,” said Commander, Navy Installation Com-Salerno. “It provides a large measure of By Todd C. Behrman (U.S. Navy)mand (CNIC) approached Kidde Fire build three other modular trainers at Na-56 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • MARCH 2014MR #3 (50-58).indd 56 MR #3 (50-58).indd 56 3/4/2014 11:45:16 AM3/4/2014 11:45:16 AM