🔍 Key Concepts

• Requirements for fireman's outfit and trained personnel on Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) in 46 CFR and SOLAS Chapter II-2 • Difference between the number of outfits required and the number of people trained to use them • Intent of the regulation: ensuring there are enough crew who can safely and effectively don and use breathing apparatus and other firefighting gear

💭 Think About

• Check in your references where fire protection and firefighting equipment for MODUs is covered. What section talks about the fireman’s outfit and training? • Is the regulation aimed at having just one specialist, or ensuring redundancy so more than one person can respond if someone is unavailable? • Compare the minimum required on other vessels (like cargo or passenger ships) with MODUs. Does the MODU standard tend to be equal, higher, or lower?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in the actual text how many persons shall be trained in the use of at least one complete fireman’s outfit • Confirm you are not confusing the number of fireman’s outfits required with the number of trained persons • Make sure you are looking at the section specifically for MODUs, not general cargo or passenger ships