Wheelhouse seen from the bow

Images: BA exams and a wreck

Tuesday, 15th December

Visit to headquarter, trying to accelerate immigration procedure, enjoying view from neighbor building’s roof

Wednesday, 16th December

Welding goes on for boat trailer

Thursday, 17th December

Taking part in the firefighting academy’s final breathing apparatus (BA) exams

Declining a repair request for Temeke fire vehicle due to lack of spare parts, search for steel still going on

Vainly trying to tailor a mobile phone sleeve from an old fire hose at Africraft

Friday, 18th December

Welding trailer parts, due to problematic electricity conditions explosion of an extension cable, work postponed

Staying at a beach resort in Kunduchi in the north of Dar Es Salaam together with friends from an NGO

Saturday, 19th December

Enjoying western breakfast at beach hotel

Exploring wreck off Kunduchi beach

Cycling to Kigamboni, staying near South Beach

Sunday, 20th December

Returning to Posta, attending advent mass at St. Joseph’s cathedral

Making christmas cookies at home

 

Breathing apparatus exams

Our equipment
Our equipment
Recruits being instructed by supervisor
Recruits being instructed by a supervisor
Recruit and officer handling air cylinder
Recruit and officer handling air cylinder
Receiving help to adjust face mask
Receiving help to adjust face mask
Masks on!
Masks on!
Samuel climbing training tower
Samuel climbing training tower
Preparing to abseil
Preparing to abseil
Recruits waiting in the shadow of workshop building
Recruits waiting in the shadow of workshop building
Fastening gear to descend
Fastening gear to descend

Wreck off Kunduchi beach

In the shallow water 300 meters from Kunduchi beach there is a freight vessel’s wreck. We swam the last 100 meters to the hull and boarded the ship through a ladder on the starboard side. The wreck had apparently sustained heavy damage from fire, the traces where still visible on the superstructures. Most of the rescue equipment was still in place, only the rescue boat was missing and one life raft box had burned down. The steel superstructures where deformed by the heat, in general moving on the wreck required close attention because of unstable sections, open hatches and glass shards. The superstructures were already partly dismantled, a great number of gas cylinders and defective work boots for welding showed regular activity of workers disassembling the wreck.

View from the beach
View from the beach
Wheelhouse seen from the bow
Wheelhouse seen from the bow
Abandoned fire extinguisher box
Abandoned fire extinguisher box
Ladder
Ladder
Safety first
Safety first
Stern
Stern
Staircase between chimney and wheelhouse
Staircase between chimney and wheelhouse
Houston, we have a problem!
Houston, we have a problem!
Life raft
Life raft
Top deck
Top deck
Traces of fire
Traces of fire
Paint/Rust
Paint/Rust
Life boat crane
Life boat crane
Wheelhouse detail
Wheelhouse detail
Rope coil
Rope coil