PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To train seafarers in shipboard fire fighting, and other such essential subjects related to safety and operations where this training is not or cannot be provided by the industry directly. Maritime defense and intermodal freight transportation courses are also included in this category.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE;
- Maritime;
2. EDUCATION;
- Vocational Development;
3. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND TRAINING;
- Job Training, Employment;
4. TRANSPORTATION;
- Water Navigation;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Local;
- Individual/Family;
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Student/Trainee;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Individual/Family;
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Profit organization;