Stanford Research Awarded $271,000 For Firefighting Study

The Department of Commerce has announced the award of a $271,508, eleven-month contract to Stanford Research Institute of Menlo Park, Calif., to compare the cost effectiveness of various marine firefighting programs.

The Maritime Administration (MarAd) and the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration, both agencies of the Department, will share the cost equally.

The purpose of the study is to enable the agencies to evaluate the impact of the National Marine Fire Protection Program proposed by Congressmen Edwin B.

Forsythe (New Jersey), Joel Pritchard (Washington), and Glenn M. Anderson (California).

The legislation would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish firefighting teams composed of members of local fire departments. These teams would be specially trained to provide emergency assistance in fighting marine fires and to train ships' crews and local firemen in shipboard firefighting techniques.

MarAd would have administrative control of the program, and the U.S. Coast Guard operational control.

Stanford Research Institute will compare the costs and benefits of Our Public Relof ions Department.

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Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 50, Sep 1977

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