Safety Training for Commercial Fishermen Coming to Two Mile Landing

WILDWOOD CREST – Two free safety trainings for commercial fishermen will be offered soon at Two Mile Landing.
According to a release, Safety and Survival Training will be Oct. 17, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Two Mile Landing, 1 Fish Dock Rd., Wildwood Crest.  
Drill Conductor Training will be held at the same location the next day, Oct. 18, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
A team of certified marine safety instructors will lead both programs. Lunch will be provided both days. 
The trainings are made possible by a federal grant to Fishing Partnership Support Services, a Massachusetts-based non-profit dedicated to the health, safety and economic security of commercial fishermen and their family members. 
The organization has been conducting safety trainings in the Northeast for nearly a decade.
Safety and Survival Training will cover:
Man-overboard procedures
Onboard firefighting 
Emergency communications
Flood and pump operation
Survival suits
Life raft deployment and boarding
Basic first aid 
Drill Conductor Training prepares and certifies fishermen to conduct emergency drills at sea, as federal regulations require monthly drills on commercial fishing boats operating more than three nautical miles beyond the U.S. coast. 
Emergencies addressed in this training include man overboard, fire, damage control, and abandon ship. 
There will be an emergency procedures class in the morning and practice drills aboard a docked vessel in the afternoon. 
As a pre-requisite for Drill Conductor Training, fishermen need to have taken the Safety and Survival Training within the previous 12 months.
“Every emergency at sea is a potential threat to life and limb,” stated Ed Dennehy, director of safety training for Fishing Partnership Support Services. “Through hands-on training, we demonstrate and instill the best ways to deal with all kinds of emergencies. This knowledge can save a fisherman’s life or enable a fisherman to save the life of a fellow crew member.”
Walk-ins are welcome on the day of each program, but pre-registration is strongly recommended. 
Fishermen may register online by going to the Upcoming Programs and Services  
section of the FPSS website, www.fishingpartnership.org or by calling Morgan Eldredge at 508-237-9402.
Providing support to the sessions are the U.S. Coast Guard and the Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership, an organization representing all gear and geographic sectors of the Massachusetts fishing industry.