[Mariner]

The "USS ForestFire" incident was a primary training tool in Navy fire fighting school.

And, every sailor is a fire fighter.

[SC Swamp Fox]

I remember first seeing "Trial by Fire" during Aircraft Firefighting school in Norfolk, 1985.

It was in the training film rotation on USS Saratoga's TV system, required viewing annually for all hands.

[Revski]

Thanks and yes it said we made a lot of mistakes. :(

[packrat35]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire

Today, it is said that every US Navy sailor is a firefighter first. A large portion of basic training is dedicated to firefighting and prevention tactics.

[X-FID]

Yep, ironic that the Oriskany and Enterprise were also in damage control films for their own situations. I think the FID was the worst, but I am not sure, Boot camp was so long ago. I was on the in port fire fighting team and know we couldn’t have handled such a calamity. Thank God for the Engineering Department.