PC FIREMAID: User's Manual
Contents
1. To remove the Checklist click on the button in the top left corner of the window Previous ps Previous CheckList Next Next 1 Crash Stop Ventilation 8 Send BA Party to remove 2 Send Attack Party to Fire ee 9 Watch stability of ship 3 Start Off Line Fire Pumps 10 Turn on main suction to 4 Set Up Boundary Cooling improve stability if necessary 9 Set Up Smoke Boundaries 6 Prepare to fill B A Bottles 11 Open ventilation when fire out 7 Position Red Devils to remove Smoke Figure 7 The Checklist pages are a rough guide to the order of resource management required to control the incident 5 2 Status Screen Select the Status Screen menu item from the Control Menu Figure 8 shows the status report that you should see on the computer screen It reports the ship s climatic environment draught and list and crew and equipment availability The report is automatically updated as events progress To return to the ship s damage control board click the OK button on the Status Screen window DSTO GD 0064 5 3 Response Menu Select the Response Menu menu item from the Control Menu One of the three response menu pages seen in Figure 9 is displayed The menu provides you with resources which may influence any event in progress To select a particular function click the button adjacent to that function This activates the function and issues an order Some of the f2. PCFIREMAID User s Manual Document L Title U Abstract U 5 AUTHOR S 6 CORPORATE AUTHOR G I Gamble S R Kennett and H Olesen Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory PO Box 4331 Melbourne Vic 3001 7a DSTO NUMBER 7b AR NUMBER 7c TYPE OF REPORT 8 DOCUMENT DATE DSTO GD 0064 AR 009 409 General Document November 1995 9 FILE NUMBER 10 TASK NUMBER 1i TASK SPONSOR 12 NO OF PAGES 13 NO OF REFERENCES 510 207 0267 92 338 20 14 DOWNGRADING DELIMITING INSTRUCTIONS 15 RELEASE AUTHORITY To be reviewed three years after date of publication Chief Ship Structures and Materials Division 16 SECONDARY RELEASE STATEMENT OF THIS DOCUMENT A OTOT Aand their equivalent in UK USA Canada and NZ may have a Appr oved for Publi Release i Chief Ship Structures and Materials Division AMRL OVERSEAS ENQUIRIES OUTSIDE S Pr xne e a RED THROUGH DOCUMENT EXCHANGE CENTRE DIS NETWORK OFFICE DEPT OF DEFENCE CAMPBELL PARK OFFICES CANBERRA ACT 2600 17 DELIBERATE ANNOUNCEMENT NO LI MI T ATI ONS nel and others engaged in defence activities in Australia and their 18 CASUAL ANNOUNCEMENT YES NO Cross out whichever is not applicable 19 DEFTEST DESCRIPTORS Ship fires Training FIREMAID Computer simulation This document forms the instruction manual for the computer based fire management training aid called PC FIREMAID PC FIREMAJD is a graphics based intera
3. Government the information it contains is released for defence purposes only and must not be disseminated beyond the stated distribution without prior approval The document and the information it contains must be handled in accordance with security regulations applying in the country of lodgement downgrading instructions must be observed and delimitation is only with the specific approval of the Releasing Authority as given in the Secondary Distribution statement This information may be subject to privately owned rights The officer in possession of this document is responsible for its safe custody When no longer required this document should be destroyed and the notification sent to Senior Librarian DSTO Library Salisbury SA Firemaid PC User s Manual Executive Summary PC FIREMAID was developed to be used in the training of naval personnel specifically damage control officers in the correct procedures of fighting ship fires including management of crew and equipment PC FIREMAJD is a real time computer simulation of the progress of a fixe incident in a naval vessel The program simulates both the crew response and the time evolution of fire incident s User interaction is used to manage the deployment of the ship s fire fighting resources The final outcome of a fire incident depends critically on good resource management The FIREMAID simulation was originally developed to run on the Commodore Amiga range of computers Howe
4. hand corner allows for user response to the event as well as the means to exit the program DSTO GD 0064 ARN Gps GSES x MOSS s SOINS SE OA RUE o Se SUSAR RC RUNI Ue RO SEN SS SA SES EN SOS 2S Figure 5 The window displayed when the Quit menu item is selected When all the fires are extinguished a window will appear Figure 6 indicating this This is an indication that the incident is over however it will continue to progress allowing clean up operations to be carried out by the user Figure 6 The window displayed when all fires have been extinguished 5 Resource Management To control the distribution of all ship resources three menu items are provided in the Control Menu shown in Figure 4 These are selected in a manner similar to the Quit option DSTO GD 0064 5 1 Checklist Select the Checklist menu item from the Control Menu One of the two windows displayed in Figure 7 will appear These provide a rough checklist for dealing with a fire incident The Checklist is only a guide intended as a reminder of when resources should be used To obtain other pages of the Checklist two buttons are provided in the top right corner of this window Click on the Next button to go to the next page and on the Previous button for the previous page Note that the pages are cyclic so that clicking on one button a few times will return you to the original page
5. PC FIREMAID User s Manual G L Gamble S R Kennett and H Olesen Ship Structures and Materials Division Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory DSTO GD 0064 ABSTRACT This document forms the instruction manual for the computer based fire management training aid called PC FIREMAID PC FIREMAID is a graphics based interactive ship fire fighting simulator which can be based on a range of naval ships The program was developed to be used in the training of naval personnel specifically damage control officers in the correct procedures of fighting ship fires including management of crew and equipment PC FIREMAID was written in the computer language C and versions have been written for the IBM compatible personal computer and the Commodore Amiga Computer Rescue PO Box 255 Mitcham Victoria 3132 RELEASE LIMITATION Distribution ada heers of the Defence Department and New Zealand Other requests should b Approved for Public Release ion AMRL NM ET DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE ccoo ret o mee mea EU udo oae dic et a e m DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION Juss deo civ prae QUA zm Tono tte a Published by DSTO Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory PO Box 4331 Melbourne Victoria 3001 Telephone 03 626 8111 Fax 03 626 8999 O Commonwealth of Australia 1995 AR No 009 409 November 1995 Conditions of Release and Disposal This document is the property of the Australian
6. ctive ship fire fighting simulator which can be based on a range of naval ships The program was developed to be used in the training of naval personnel specifically damage control officers in the correct procedures of fighting ship fires including management of crew and equipment PC FIREMAID was written in the computer language C and versions have been written for the IBM compatible personal computer and the Commodore Amiga E
7. e compartment will automatically be removed when the BA Party arrives The BA Party reduces fire by use of fire hoses This is effective against small and medium sized fires and is considerably more effective than an Attack Party The water used by a BA Party will drain to lower decks and slow flooding may result The personnel involved are effected by heat and will retreat if the temperature is too high Also when the air bottles become empty then the BA Party will be forced out of the compartment A BA Party can be removed from a compartment by id the BA Support Party option then clicking on the B to be removed DSTO GD 0064 5 3 3 Check Compartment Often the status of an unoccupied compartment may be required When this option is selected from the Response Menu a request for a location will appear Crew will be sent to check the compartment nearest your mouse click This will ensure that if that compartment is unoccupied any unreported incident will be reported Checking occupied compartments which include those with Attack Parties or BA Support Parties is unnecessary as events in these are automatically updated 5 3 4 Boundary Cooling Bulkhead Having chosen to cool a bulkhead from the Response Menu the location of the bulkhead needs to be determined Use the arrow keys to select the correct section of the damage control board and click on the bulkhead to be cooled The chosen boundary is indicated by a green li
8. ed early in large incidents DSTO GD 0064 5 3 11 Smoke Boundary Smoke boundaries are set up at major bulkheads to restrict smoke flow through the bulkhead When this option is selected from the Response Menu a bulkhead must also be chosen Use the arrow keys to select the correct section of the damage control board and click on the bulkhead at which a smoke boundary is to be maintained The affected bulkhead is indicated by a red line The crew will take a short time to set up this boundary To remove a smoke boundary select this option from the ba Menu and click on the existing red boundary to be removed 5 3 12 Add Red Devil Smoke Pump The Red Devil smoke pumps are used to remove smoke from a compartment On selecting this function a location needs to be provided Chose the desired damage control board image with the arrow keys and click on the compartment to be cleared of smoke The position of these when the order is given is indicated by an X and when in use by an R on the damage control board To remove a Red Devil Smoke dis from a compartment choose this function and click on the R 11 1 PAGE CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED 2 PRIVACY MARKING CAVEAT OF DOCUMENT 4 SECURITY CLASSIFICATION FOR UNCLASSIFIED REPORTS THAT ARE LIMITED RELEASE USE L NEXT TO DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION DOCUMENT CONTROL DATA 3 TITLE
9. ironment The spread of smoke can be halted and the intensity of the fire reduced by closing the ventilation When a fire is extinguished smoke is no longer being generated and so opening the ventilation will clear the air in the ship 5 3 7 Main Suction On Off Main suction is used to remove water from the ship This option makes the main suction venturi pump available to all parts of the ship It will correct the list angle and improve the draught of the vessel When the main suction is no longer required tum it off 5 3 8 Turn Alarm s Off This Response Menu item will turn off the current event alarm only If future events occur the alarms will automatically activate Alarms can only be activated for fires smoke and flooding in compartments that have alarms Other compartments must be manually checked 5 3 9 Turn On Fire Pumps On Off To maintain fire main pressure at full capacity while fire fighting is underway requires that all fire pumps are on line and charged This option increases the amount of available water to the fire fighting crews and thus their effectiveness in fighting the fire 5 3 10 Start Filling Air Bottles Off Ready BA Parties require bottled air If the bottle supply is not maintained then the BA Party will be unable to continue It must be remembered that it takes considerably longer to fill the air bottles required by a BA team than to empty them Thus filling the extra bottles must be start
10. n god S ident Control Boards 3 1 Inc The image Sw e E Bg e o 2 op AS 2 a res S 1 HE s ws 2 XE HES d 3 OO E oy RES sa 8 9 Y Gi ew SG amp Ey O m Bu QR An cn p z 0 o o2 WWE Nog Vous rm AE A o i 2 42 R4 Q ei 585 SER BE so E LE SE Ea 2427 SES E a o aes g CNET Zr MS ERG 3 E a lt y ON Og H ue BBS gi EE amp CET oo Au o aa amp aq o we 2 Y SE Ma E y GRE E PE go gn ys qoo O bb s 30 H O Qu tion is then added to the incident board informa The chit ms d E f the incident control board is displayed A fire chit is being 107 0 if a sect image o reported while previous reports have been plotted on the incident board Figure 2 An DSTO GD 0064 BOUNDARY SMOKE Figure 3 The incidents are reported by the naval chit system using Incident Progression Symbols 4 Quit To exit the program during execution move the mouse pointer to the Control Menu shown in Figure 4 in the top left hand corner of the screen Press and hold down the left mouse button and descend to the option Quit which will be highlighted and release the mouse button Figure 5 shows the window that appears when Quit has been selected Click on OK to escape from the program or Cancel to resume Control Menu Checklist Figure 4 The Control Menu in the top left
11. ne A delay while the crew prepare occurs before cooling is initiated Water is hosed onto the bulkhead to reduce the temperature of the adjacent compartments This water will increase the ships internal free water and add to flooding To stop boundary cooling repeat this process clicking on an existing green bulkhead 5 3 5 Boundary Cooling Deck Deck boundary cooling restricts the spread of fire vertically When this option is selected from the Response Menu a location needs to be provided If you require a deck to be cooled click on the required deck If you require the deckhead to be cooled indicate this by clicking on the deck of the level above between the appropriate bulkheads The cooled area is bounded by a blue border A delay while the crew prepare occurs before cooling is initiated Water is hosed onto the deck to reduce the temperature of the compartments on the deck below This water will add to the ships internal free water and result in increased flooding To end deck cooling choose this option again and click within an existing blue deck outline i o DSTO GD 0064 10 5 3 6 Ventilation Open Close Clicking the Ventilation button will either open or close all the ship s ventilation whose state may be checked in Status Screen A window will open confirming the change With all the ventilation open on the ship both smoke and air is allowed to flow between compartments and the outside env
12. rty is available and can access the compartment it will arrive after a short delay A message indicating the arrival will be displayed on the screen as seen in Figure 10 and the compartment will be marked by an A DSTO GD 0064 An Attack Party is able to reduce fire by the use of portable fire extinguishers and is effective against small fires The time that an Attack Party takes to arrive at an incident is short and so an Attack Party should be sent to the onset of all incidents The personnel involved in the Attack Party are affected by temperature and smoke and will retreat if the smoke is too thick or the temperature too high An Attack Party can be removed from a compartment by selecting Attack Party from the Response Menu then clicking on the party A to be removed An Attack Party is also removed from a compartment automatically when a BA Party is ordered in Firemaid Figure 10 A message is displayed when an Attack Party arrives in a compartment 5 3 2 Move Support and BA Party When Breathing Apparatus Support Party is selected from the Response Menu the location to which the party will be sent must be provided Click on the compartment to which you want the BA party sent This location will be marked by a X on the damage control board and the order will be issued The BA Party will arrive after a delay if one is available and a B will appear at the location Any Attack Party that was in th
13. th the crew response and the time evolution of fire incident s User interaction is used to manage the deployment of the ship s fire fighting resources The final outcome of a fire incident depends critically on good resource management For the sake of brevity in these instructions we will define the following Click object This means position the mouse pointer over the object then press and release the left mouse button The object is now selected 2 Startup The PC FIREMAID program runs under Microsoft Windows and is supplied on a 3 5 floppy disk and should be installed following the instructions on the disk label Once installed an icon will appear in the Windows group selected Double clicking this icon will start the program A description of the current ship status and mission is displayed similar to Figure 1 When ready click the OK button once to start the program and initiate the incident HMAS Toowoomba DDG 333 is alongside in Sydney Minor repairs are required and welding is being carried out on the main deck aft of the missile magazine Figure 1 The current vessel mission and environment are described on this window to give an idea of what lies ahead DSTO GD 0064 3 Simulation Instructions ident s progress as it is reported to q o A 5 Q Pal d Q Td sa uN B Ear Q U d B uv UO UO amp ai 59 oz Qo S au EE a 8 do JP HS E oO N A T S o BE E 9 Em EP O Pi
14. unctions require a bulkhead or compartment to be selected on an image For these functions use the arrow keys up down left or right to access the correct section of the damage control board Then click on the required location To obtain other pages of the Response Menu list use the two buttons located in the top right corner of this window in the same way as for Checklist paging To remove the Response Menu window click the button in the top left corner of the Response Menu window Figure 8 The Status Screen lists the vessel s environment and resources Move Attack Party Move Support and BA Party Boundary Cooling BULKHEAD Boundary Cooling DECK Smoke Boundary Fire Pumps Air Bottle Filling DSTO GD 0064 Add Red Devil Smoke Pump Check Compartment Ventilation Main Suction Turn Alarm s off RepairzRedirect Firemain Magazine Cooling HaloniBCF Drench Figure 9 The three pages of the Response Menu are shown above The resources are activated by clicking the button adjacent to each The following subsections provide a description of the available response functions 5 3 1 Move Attack Party When this function is selected from the Response Menu the user must provide a location to which the party will be sent Click on the compartment to which you want the Attack Party sent This location will be marked by an X on the damage control board and an order will be issued If an Attack Pa
15. ver the widespread use of the IBM compatible PC created demand for a version of the program which would run under Microsoft Windows This was developed and named PC FIREMATD Contents Le INTRODUCTION tp sica dica 1 START cs A 1 9 SIMULATION INSTRUCTIONS ii 2 2 Incident Control Boards ii 2 E QUIE A a 3 5 RESOURCE MANAGEMEN Ls 20 is 4 Ble Checa os 5 IS O DC ME m3 Response A A FIM EUR rav CD UN ZR EORR YAN 6 53 Moye Attack PALLY ai TO YNeHS ESSENER 7 5 9 4 Move Support and BA Party usara 8 Sud CHECK COmDAPImrE s eririsis tore e SRPRURNEKNA AIR OX M mM Oa diste e M Er D UesEd d des 9 5 3 4 Boundary Cooling Bulkhead 5 sesiacnsoteasossutesesonesseetactscosesdecestabaessense 9 5 3 5 Boundary Cooling Deck osi don iia id 9 53 0 Ventilation Open C 086 cres iia 10 53 7 Man Suchom OOR aaa 10 5 3 8 Turn Alarms AA d aee aeara Un ure NI I Rott Is sa e es LEER E QN 10 5 3 9 Torn On Fire Pumps On Off oae tton enema ia stes Ak 10 5 3 10 Start Filling Air Bottles Off Ready c s sscssenssssssaossensesscosescegneoeconssaserenseens 10 5 3 11 Smoke BOUDOAEV ai eseculdedet so iussit d Udo conu cei dla ete viia EEr Aai 11 5 12 Add Red Devil Smoke Pump tino radares H DSTO GD 0064 1 Introduction PC FIREMAID is a real time simulation of the progress of a fire incident in a naval vessel written for the IBM compatible personal computer This program simulates bo
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search