Petersburg Pilot -

The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) will offer a 10-hour Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor workshop in Petersburg at the Tides Inn on February 4 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm and on February 5 from 8:00 am – 5:30 pm.

Instructor Dug Jensen will cover cold-water survival skills; EPIRBs, flares, and maydays; man-overboard recovery and firefighting; immersion suits and PFDs, helicopter rescue, life rafts, abandon ship procedures, and emergency drills. There will be and in-the-water practice session, giving participants practical experience with PFDs and immersion suits, employing s...