That was one of the 'lessons learned' in the Forrestal fire. I would have to watch the documentary again for the details but well-meaning deck hands made the situation worse. They didn't have much choice at the time as key fire suppression team members were killed in the initial cooking off of bombs. Old sub-standard bombs.
Yes...as the ‘trained’ ones fall, the ‘rookies’ have to pick up the slack which always isn’t ‘pretty’.
That led to the majority of crews being involved in at least learning which end of the hose should be pointed in which direction etc.
Not quite ‘on subject’ but when I was ‘running snow plows’ found the worst shift was 3rd shift as the ‘key personnel were given ‘first shot’ but sometimes would just sit in their truck while on standby and by the time they got relieved they were ‘done for the duration’ especially if they made it ‘home’.
My solution was to put 2 to a truck and let them relieve themselves as needed and also provide a motel room or two for longer durations.
Here's an example of how they inadvertently made the situation worse:
"On the one hand there were damage control teams spraying fire fighting foam on the deck to contain the flames, which was the correct procedure, while on the other hand, crewmen on the other side of the deck sprayed seawater, washing away the foam and worsening the situation by washing burning fuel through the hole in the flight deck into the decks below." link