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From: mlfisher@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Ship survivability (Was: USS Midway)
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Date: 10 Jul 90 02:47:53 GMT
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From: mlfisher@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
In article <1990Jul8.053350.7681@cbnews.att.com>, shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes:
> Another tidbit on ships and fires--_every_ person stationed on a
> carrier has to go to firefighting school regularly.  They spend a lot
> of time in a mockup, with hoses and fires.
> 
> I assume that this is true for other ships, but I heard about it from
> a pilot, so can only speak about carriers.
 
 
Not just every person on a carrier.  Fire fighting school (2 days where you get
to put out all kinds of fires in a shipboard environment), is required for all
hands every three years.


Ask a pilot about planes, not ships.  They know the former quite well but
haven't a clue about the latter.

Mike