You have an uncanny ability to turn what might seem a boring subject for non-yachting folks into an interesting one. This makes you a very good teacher.
Hello David. This subject may even be considered boring for yacht crew; however, it's one of the most important so I try to make it as interesting as possible. It's a challenge I face every month, putting together drills on board that are varied and engaging. I'm happy to hear that you think my style is working, and thank you as always for commenting.
the system you have is just a re brand the panel actual brand is a kentec syncro and the MCP is a new style kac, smoke detector is apollo discovery multisensor
@@WorkonaSuperyacht What I wanted to say is that it might be a new challenge for you to teach these things to others as teachers. Maybe you're already doing it?
Great video as always👍🏻👍🏻 it’s very simple and clear to understand 👌🏻👌🏻 Im so hurry to come to Antibes to pass my STCW basic training and other courses. I would love to see a video on job interview for crew : what are the common questions ask ? How should you behave at the job interview ? I don’t know if you already interviewed people to give them a job on one of the yachts you worked on but I would love to see one with your sens of humor and personal touches 👌🏻 Already waiting for your next video which I’m sur will be as good as always
Hello Cedric! It's great to hear that you liked this one. When do you plan on arriving in Antibes for your courses? Thank you for the interview video idea; I'll put it on the list!
@@WorkonaSuperyacht I plan to come to Antibes the second week of March ( if the government allowed us to move I’m around Paris now) I have to get my ENG1 first and then start courses
Our detectors at work went off several times a day. Eventually we figured out what was wrong. The steam from the dishwashers.... We had to switch from smoke detectors to heat detectors there. It's tough in the kitchen since it has both heat and smoke. At least we got plenty of fire safety practice and evacuation practice.
Thank you for sharing this, SailorYuki. Combined heat/smoke detectors were originally installed in the pantries on this yacht; however, they also had to be changed out for heat only because they kept being activated by the on-demand boiling water taps!
Oh yes, careful with the volume when the alarms go off! 😂 They didn't sound so loud through my computer speakers when I edited it, but on some devices it's coming through as loud as the actual alarm!
Another awesome video, and David Geer (viewer) said it well, no need to repeat, so I will ask a question instead. Do the alarm tests disturb the neighboring yachts, if so, are they warned prior to testing like the crew?
Thank you Frank, and great question. The only alarm that would be heard on neighbouring yachts is the full fire alarm. If we were going to test it for a longer period of time, or even test it repeatedly, I would inform the other yachts. Similarly, when we do a fire drill, dress up the fire team, and start running water hoses, I also let them know.
@@WorkonaSuperyacht Thank you Matt, I have a few more questions. 1- Are Owner, Guest and Charter Guest aware/introduced to the Fire Safety Security Protocols? 2- If so, are there Fire test when these people are on board? 3- Do they participate?
@Frank V Yes, the owner and guests will be given a safety briefing when they arrive on board. Drills and tests will ideally have been done when there are no guests on board; however, sometimes guests will be on board for so long that a drill or test will become due. In this case, they would be informed that the crew will be conducting a drill or test, so as not to surprise or upset them. They wouldn't be required to take part, but they be interested and want to join in anyway.
on cruise ships, usually there is a mandatory muster station drill for guests and crew before the boat leaves any united states port on the first day of the cruise. I think it may be required due to united states or international safety regulations and laws.
Yet another excellent video Matt. One question though. If there was a fire, how would the insurers verify the fire alarm system tests had been carried out? I'm sure this would be a condition of the insurance policy and one of the first things they would check.
Thanks Nick, and great question. The fire system checks for each detector and call point are logged in a spreadsheet, which is submitted monthly to our management company. In addition, fire drills are recorded in the Official Log Book. Finally, tests of the fire system must be observed during the annual class and flag survey, at which point the annual service certificates for the equipment will also be inspected.
I don't recommend setting the tone to continuous, I'd suggest the normal Apollo Evacuation tone, and in case of a general emergency the Apollo Alert Tone, which I heard is also wired up to the fire alarm.
Thank you for your feedback. We have found this fire alarm tone to be very effective in alerting the crew. Fortunately, this has only been tested as a result of a false alarm! For the general alarm we do use the Apollo Alert Tone (7 short + 1 long blast) as you recommend.
Thanks! Interesting as always. I'm curious, on the far side of the bridge, it looks like there's 3 fire call points on top of each other. Why is that? Or are they for different things?
Thanks Alistair, and great question. There are 3 call points: 1. Fire alarm (and the one I was testing). 2. Galley shutdown, which shuts down the ventilation and all of the power to the galley. 3. General alarm, which uses the same alarm system as for fire, but instead of a continuous buzzer it sounds 7 short + 1 long blast. This is the internationally recognised alarm sequence for a general emergency on board a ship.
A Syncro ASM, to be precise. I really appreciate you and other more knowledgeable people leaving your comments on this video. Since publishing it I've learnt that although Fireboy designed and installed the system, it's actually made up of 3rd party components.
Hello Ralf. The radios that we use to communicate with each other on board are UHF. They are programmed to work as a set, and we have nine different channels from which to choose. Each set is programmed to operate on different frequencies, which means there is very little chance of interference between radios on different yachts.
No need to advice yacht around that you are doing fire test alarm? Exactly the same with fire drills or any another drill in order to avoid missunderstanding
Hello Miguel, and thank you for commenting. Yes, when setting off the fire alarm or dressing the fire team, it is common practice to advise neighbouring yachts.
@@WorkonaSuperyacht both. i may have been a bit harsh in my last comment they arent a bad panel really. just make sure you have a backup of its programming or your in for a bad day haha
Safety first! Now you'll never forget what a smoke detector tester looks like!
You have an uncanny ability to turn what might seem a boring subject for non-yachting folks into an interesting one. This makes you a very good teacher.
Hello David. This subject may even be considered boring for yacht crew; however, it's one of the most important so I try to make it as interesting as possible. It's a challenge I face every month, putting together drills on board that are varied and engaging. I'm happy to hear that you think my style is working, and thank you as always for commenting.
It’s a rebrand of a kentec syncro AS and an Apollo system with KAC callpoints
Excellent video!!! When you are well trained there is far less to fear in an emergency.
Thanks Tony! It's all about preparation; this is why drills (and in particular fire and abandon ship drills) are so important on board a ship.
Every single time a good video. Didn't miss even once. Cheers
And you've never missed a single comment; thank you!
I prefer the 2 tone instead of the continuous tone.
Useful information though, thanks.
So love watching your videos. Even as a yachtie I still find myself learning from your videos 😍🤙🏼
Thank you Alex! It's great to hear from yacht crew who are finding the videos helpful. What size yacht are you working on? Motor or sail?
the system you have is just a re brand the panel actual brand is a kentec syncro and the MCP is a new style kac, smoke detector is apollo discovery multisensor
Love your well-explained videos! Interesting systems that save lives in case of an emergency.
Thanks Remus. Maybe not the most interesting system, but definitely one of the most important!
Always a pleasure to watch and listen to you.
You are truly a good teacher.
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Wow, what great feedback! Thank you Daniel. 😊
@@WorkonaSuperyacht
Potentially a new drill for you?
@Daniel Lauper Sorry, but I don't understand. What is potentially a new drill?
@@WorkonaSuperyacht
What I wanted to say is that it might be a new challenge for you to teach these things to others as teachers.
Maybe you're already doing it?
Another amazing video, Matt. Nice to see you back into yachting!
Thank you Juan! No doubt you've got plenty of experience doing this as an officer on board your ships? How does it compare with your system?
It is almost the same, but we have dedicated crew that checks all the fire fighting equipment. Every week there is a whole day of alarm testing.
@Juan Fox It's really interesting to hear that you've got a dedicated crew for this. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Great video as always👍🏻👍🏻
it’s very simple and clear to understand 👌🏻👌🏻
Im so hurry to come to Antibes to pass my STCW basic training and other courses.
I would love to see a video on job interview for crew : what are the common questions ask ? How should you behave at the job interview ?
I don’t know if you already interviewed people to give them a job on one of the yachts you worked on but I would love to see one with your sens of humor and personal touches 👌🏻
Already waiting for your next video which I’m sur will be as good as always
Hello Cedric! It's great to hear that you liked this one. When do you plan on arriving in Antibes for your courses?
Thank you for the interview video idea; I'll put it on the list!
@@WorkonaSuperyacht I plan to come to Antibes the second week of March ( if the government allowed us to move I’m around Paris now)
I have to get my ENG1 first and then start courses
@Cedric pasut That would be great timing for the start of the season. I really hope you're able to make it down.
Our detectors at work went off several times a day. Eventually we figured out what was wrong. The steam from the dishwashers.... We had to switch from smoke detectors to heat detectors there. It's tough in the kitchen since it has both heat and smoke. At least we got plenty of fire safety practice and evacuation practice.
Thank you for sharing this, SailorYuki. Combined heat/smoke detectors were originally installed in the pantries on this yacht; however, they also had to be changed out for heat only because they kept being activated by the on-demand boiling water taps!
great content. Pay attention to the ears. 😂👍👍👍👍👍👍
Oh yes, careful with the volume when the alarms go off! 😂 They didn't sound so loud through my computer speakers when I edited it, but on some devices it's coming through as loud as the actual alarm!
Another awesome video, and David Geer (viewer) said it well, no need to repeat, so I will ask a question instead.
Do the alarm tests disturb the neighboring yachts, if so, are they warned prior to testing like the crew?
Thank you Frank, and great question. The only alarm that would be heard on neighbouring yachts is the full fire alarm. If we were going to test it for a longer period of time, or even test it repeatedly, I would inform the other yachts. Similarly, when we do a fire drill, dress up the fire team, and start running water hoses, I also let them know.
@@WorkonaSuperyacht Thank you Matt, I have a few more questions.
1- Are Owner, Guest and Charter Guest aware/introduced to the Fire Safety Security Protocols?
2- If so, are there Fire test when these people are on board?
3- Do they participate?
@Frank V Yes, the owner and guests will be given a safety briefing when they arrive on board. Drills and tests will ideally have been done when there are no guests on board; however, sometimes guests will be on board for so long that a drill or test will become due. In this case, they would be informed that the crew will be conducting a drill or test, so as not to surprise or upset them. They wouldn't be required to take part, but they be interested and want to join in anyway.
@@WorkonaSuperyacht Thank you, you just never know, unless you ask.
on cruise ships, usually there is a mandatory muster station drill for guests and crew before the boat leaves any united states port on the first day of the cruise. I think it may be required due to united states or international safety regulations and laws.
Liking the more technical videos Matt! I appreciate them because as you know I’m aspiring to start as an Engineer onboard
Thanks Liam. You'll certainly get to know the fire system well as an engineer!
Yet another excellent video Matt. One question though. If there was a fire, how would the insurers verify the fire alarm system tests had been carried out? I'm sure this would be a condition of the insurance policy and one of the first things they would check.
Thanks Nick, and great question. The fire system checks for each detector and call point are logged in a spreadsheet, which is submitted monthly to our management company. In addition, fire drills are recorded in the Official Log Book. Finally, tests of the fire system must be observed during the annual class and flag survey, at which point the annual service certificates for the equipment will also be inspected.
test the callpoint with a key if it may be glass
I don't recommend setting the tone to continuous, I'd suggest the normal Apollo Evacuation tone, and in case of a general emergency the Apollo Alert Tone, which I heard is also wired up to the fire alarm.
Thank you for your feedback. We have found this fire alarm tone to be very effective in alerting the crew. Fortunately, this has only been tested as a result of a false alarm! For the general alarm we do use the Apollo Alert Tone (7 short + 1 long blast) as you recommend.
Thanks! Interesting as always. I'm curious, on the far side of the bridge, it looks like there's 3 fire call points on top of each other. Why is that? Or are they for different things?
Thanks Alistair, and great question. There are 3 call points:
1. Fire alarm (and the one I was testing).
2. Galley shutdown, which shuts down the ventilation and all of the power to the galley.
3. General alarm, which uses the same alarm system as for fire, but instead of a continuous buzzer it sounds 7 short + 1 long blast. This is the internationally recognised alarm sequence for a general emergency on board a ship.
Great video, but I’d call that a Syncro AS
A Syncro ASM, to be precise. I really appreciate you and other more knowledgeable people leaving your comments on this video. Since publishing it I've learnt that although Fireboy designed and installed the system, it's actually made up of 3rd party components.
Alright, I take it it’s a version of the Kentec Syncro AS, used on land.
Sorry, didn’t read your full reply.
@KongGrenski Yes, I believe the "M" designation means it is approved for marine use.
@@WorkonaSuperyacht They really didn’t design the panel, if you search up kentec syncro AS, you will see,
at least you got solo right
Quick question: what VHF channel(s) do you use for intra ship/crew communication?
Hello Ralf. The radios that we use to communicate with each other on board are UHF. They are programmed to work as a set, and we have nine different channels from which to choose. Each set is programmed to operate on different frequencies, which means there is very little chance of interference between radios on different yachts.
Never seen a black new kac call point
On 5:27 it so funny
no the panel is made by kentec LTD they just put there logo on it
No need to advice yacht around that you are doing fire test alarm? Exactly the same with fire drills or any another drill in order to avoid missunderstanding
Hello Miguel, and thank you for commenting. Yes, when setting off the fire alarm or dressing the fire team, it is common practice to advise neighbouring yachts.
@@WorkonaSuperyacht many thanks for your replay, best regards
And no the call points and smoke detectors are made by apollo
you yacht,s seem to be on the go all the time - and you your self do you ever find time to sleep take care
Hello Wayne, and thank you for your concern. Don't worry, I'm staying active, and getting enough sleep!
that panel is a kentec i service them everyday awful system
Hello Michael. Thanks for sharing your experience. What is your preferred make of panel? Are you servicing panels on ships, or in buildings (or both)?
@@WorkonaSuperyacht both. i may have been a bit harsh in my last comment they arent a bad panel really. just make sure you have a backup of its programming or your in for a bad day haha
@MICHAEL CHARLTON This is good to know. I shall ensure that we have a backup!