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CNE Learning Site Pearl Harbor Constructs New Trainer

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS080227-17
Release Date: 2/27/2008 8:20:00 PM

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael A. Lantron, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- The Center for Naval Engineering (CNE) Learning Site Pearl Harbor began construction of a new $1 million state-of-the-art training facility Jan. 7 on board Naval Station Pearl Harbor.

"Our job here is to train Sailors with the most current tactics to combat fires," said Chief Warrant Officer John Walls, officer in charge, CNE Learning Site Pearl Harbor.

CNE Learning Site Pearl Harbor trains Sailors in naval engineering, basic and advanced damage control, aviation and machinery room firefighting tactics.

The new facility will improve training for Sailors and will save the Navy more than $200,000 annually by switching from a JP-5 and propane fueling system to a propane only fueling system.

"The tactics that ships use to fight fires are ever-changing and we need the school to evolve to keep up with that change," said Walls.

The old system required more than 3,000 gallons of JP-5 and 100,000 gallons of propane to operate annually.

The propane was used to burn up toxic black smoke created by JP-5 in order to operate the trainers. The JP-5 was sent through a smoke abatement tower, burned by the heat of the propane and sent into the atmosphere.

"Most of the propane was used in heating up the smoke abatement tower to 1,300 degrees to clean the air," said Chief Machinist's Mate (SW) James Maglaris. "The new system will not require a warm-up because the air from the propane will already be clean."

The new modernized facility will utilize a propane only fueling system, with only 15,000 required to annually operate the facility.

Without delays, the new facility is expected to be ready to train students in August of this year, following an inspection by Naval Personnel Development Command. The current facility on board NAVSTA Pearl Harbor was built in 1976 and is one of two CNE training sites using JP-5 fueling systems to produce fire for training.

For more news from Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, visit www.navy.mil/local/cnrh/.