During a recent port visit to Djibouti ships company from the EU NAVFOR warship ESPS Numancia conducted training in support of EUCAP NESTOR with the Djiboutian Coastguard. EUCAP NESTOR is the EU’s Maritime Capacity Building mission within the Horn of Africa region.
Members of the Djiboutian Coastguard were accompanied by Lieutenant Commander Fernando Díaz del Río, assigned to EUCAP NESTOR Djibouti. During two hours of training, members of the Engineering Department of the frigate conducted fire fighting training with the Djiboutians. As part of this a training scenario had been prepared on the flight deck of Numancia this allowed the coastguard team to practice how to start a motor pump, make use of autonomous breathing equipment and fight a fire both individually, with fire extinguishers, and as a team, using water hoses.
