Location

Institute of Maritime Safety

Objectives

• 12.1. The aim of the FOET is to provide the delegates with the opportunity to practice and demonstrate emergency response skills which are not possible to practice during drills, exercises and emergency training offshore.12.2. The objectives of the FOET are that delegates will be able to:(a) Demonstrate, in a simulated environment, that they can use the safety equipment and follow procedures in preparing for and during helicopter emergencies – with particular focus on escaping from a helicopter following ditching.(b) Demonstrate that they can use basic firefighting equipment effectively, and use self-rescue techniques in low visibility and completely obscured visibility situations e.g. smoke filled areas.(c) Demonstrate that they can perform basic first aid.

Outcomes

1. Donning an aviation transit suit, aviation lifejacket and emergency breathing system equipment (EBS)1 and conducting EBS integrity checks.2. (2) Deploying, operating and breathing from EBS at atmospheric conditions.3. (3) Deploying, operating and breathing from EBS in a pool utilising personal air prior to HUET exercises (delegate to experience positive and negative pressure created by the body orientation in water).4. (4) Actions to take in preparing for a helicopter ditching/emergency landing.5. (5) Actions following a controlled ditching on water (including deploying EBS and, on instructions from aircrew, operation of a push out window) and evacuate through a nominated exit to an aviation liferaft.6. (6) Assist others where possible in carrying out initial actions on boarding the aviation liferaft, to include mooring lines, deploying the sea anchor, raising the canopy and raft maintenance.7. (7) Escape through a window opening which is underwater from a partially s

Course Contents

The course takes place in 1 day and includes a mixture of theoretically sessions and practical demonstrations inside of Training Campus, This training program comprise 3 different modules:• Helicopter Safety & Escape• Fire fighting and Self Rescue • Emergency First Aid