Training to survive at sea
October 20, 2022 3:41 pm
• Last Updated: October 20, 2022 8:59 pm
Crews of local fishing boats and state marine agency vessels clad in immersion suits attempt to form a grouping during maritime safety training led by instructors with Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point Thursday, October 20, 2022 at UConn Avery Point in Groton. The training included lessons in use of personal flotation devices, emergency radio communication, administration of Narcan, immersion suit and ice raft use, flares and signaling devices, damage control, and firefighting. On Friday participants will be trained to be certified to conduct the annual safety drills required of all U.S. Coast Guard licensed vessels. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Crews of local fishing boats and state marine agency vessels listen to a primer on emergency radio communications during maritime safety training led by instructors with Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point Thursday, October 20, 2022 at UConn Avery Point in Groton. The training included lessons in use of personal flotation devices, emergency radio communication, administration of Narcan, immersion suit and ice raft use, flares and signaling devices, damage control, and firefighting. On Friday participants will be trained to be certified to conduct the annual safety drills required of all U.S. Coast Guard licensed vessels. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Clad in immersion suits crews of local fishing boats and state marine agency vessels make their way to the floating dock during maritime safety training led by instructors with Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point Thursday, October 20, 2022 at UConn Avery Point in Groton. The training included lessons in use of personal flotation devices, emergency radio communication, administration of Narcan, immersion suit and ice raft use, flares and signaling devices, damage control, and firefighting. On Friday participants will be trained to be certified to conduct the annual safety drills required of all U.S. Coast Guard licensed vessels. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Luis Castro, left, helps Margartio Guerrero, both from the fishing vessel Furious out of Stonington, with his immersion suit as crews of local fishing boats and state marine agency vessels participated in maritime safety training led by instructors with Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point Thursday, October 20, 2022 at UConn Avery Point in Groton. The training included lessons in use of personal flotation devices, emergency radio communication, administration of Narcan, immersion suit and ice raft use, flares and signaling devices, damage control, and firefighting. On Friday participants will be trained to be certified to conduct the annual safety drills required of all U.S. Coast Guard licensed vessels. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Donovan Davis struggles to stop a simulated leak with help from Craig Baude, both from the fishing vessel Emma and Maria, as crews of local fishing boats and state marine agency vessels participate in maritime safety training led by instructors with Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point Thursday, October 20, 2022 at UConn Avery Point in Groton. The training included lessons in use of personal flotation devices, emergency radio communication, administration of Narcan, immersion suit and ice raft use, flares and signaling devices, damage control, and firefighting. On Friday participants will be trained to be certified to conduct the annual safety drills required of all U.S. Coast Guard licensed vessels. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Tom Coley, left, captain of the fishing vessel Invictus, takes a photo of New Horizon crew members, from left, Israel Gonzalez, John Williams, and Abraham Powell, after their immersion suit training as part of maritime safety training led by instructors with Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point Thursday, October 20, 2022 at UConn Avery Point in Groton. The training included lessons in use of personal flotation devices, emergency radio communication, administration of Narcan, immersion suit and ice raft use, flares and signaling devices, damage control, and firefighting. On Friday participants will be trained to be certified to conduct the annual safety drills required of all U.S. Coast Guard licensed vessels. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Luke Conway, with Arthur Ochse, both crew on the fishing vessel Invictus out of Stonington, advance to extinguish a fire as crews of local fishing boats and state marine agency vessels participate in maritime safety training led by instructors with Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point Thursday, October 20, 2022 at UConn Avery Point in Groton. The training included lessons in use of personal flotation devices, emergency radio communication, administration of Narcan, immersion suit and ice raft use, flares and signaling devices, damage control, and firefighting. On Friday participants will be trained to be certified to conduct the annual safety drills required of all U.S. Coast Guard licensed vessels. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Rick Waters, a deckhand on the University of Connecticut research vessel R/V Connecticut, with Abraham Powell of the fishing vessel New Horizon as back-up, uses a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher to smother a fire as crews of local fishing boats and state marine agency vessels participate in maritime safety training led by instructors with Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point Thursday, October 20, 2022 at UConn Avery Point in Groton. The training included lessons in use of personal flotation devices, emergency radio communication, administration of Narcan, immersion suit and ice raft use, flares and signaling devices, damage control, and firefighting. On Friday participants will be trained to be certified to conduct the annual safety drills required of all U.S. Coast Guard licensed vessels. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Annalee Mears, crew on the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection research vessel John Dempsey, joins fellow trainees igniting signal flares as crews from local fishing boats and state marine agency vessels participate in maritime safety training led by instructors with Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point Thursday, October 20, 2022 at UConn Avery Point in Groton. The training included lessons in use of personal flotation devices, emergency radio communication, administration of Narcan, immersion suit and ice raft use, flares and signaling devices, damage control, and firefighting. On Friday participants will be trained to be certified to conduct the annual safety drills required of all U.S. Coast Guard licensed vessels. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Crews of local fishing boats and state marine agency vessels watch as a fellow trainee takes the plunge in an immersion suit during maritime safety training led by instructors with Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point Thursday, October 20, 2022 at UConn Avery Point in Groton. The training included lessons in use of personal flotation devices, emergency radio communication, administration of Narcan, immersion suit and ice raft use, flares and signaling devices, damage control, and firefighting. On Friday participants will be trained to be certified to conduct the annual safety drills required of all U.S. Coast Guard licensed vessels. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Groton ―Several dozen crew members of fishing boats and state marine agency vessels took part in the first day of a two-day training program on safety and survival at sea led by personnel from Fishing Partnership Support Services sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Avery Point on Thursday.
Training included lessons in launching signal flares and EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons); opioid awareness and NARCAN response; executing MAYDAY calls; man overboard recovery; firefighting; onboard flood and damage control; and using dewatering pumps, immersion suits, personal flotation devices and life rafts.
The second day of the program will offer higher-level training on cold-water survival; helicopter rescues; and stability, liability and emergency procedures for those who want to obtain certification to conduct monthly safety drills for crew members.
“The safety of fishermen is critical and the ability to refresh or learn safety skills regularly is an important means for being able to react quickly and appropriately if needed,” said Mike Theiler, a New London-based commercial fisherman and a member of Connecticut Sea Grant’s Senior Advisory Board in a press release.
Connecticut Sea Grant has been sponsoring the training with various partners about every two years since 2000, and teamed up with the Fishing Partnership in 2016, said Nancy Balcom, associate director of Sea Grant and lead organizer of the training.
New Bedford-based Fishing Partnerships leads 15 to 20 training programs from Maine to North Carolina each year according to Vice President Dan Orchard.
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