b'NEWSWIRENEWSWIRE National Transportation Safety BoardCloses Recommendation to PVAI n a letter dated April 8, 2025, theon Dec. 31, 2024, in conjunction withAs part of the final report on the in-NationalTransportationSafetythe release of the report of investiga- vestigation into the fire on board the Board(NTSB)closedoutRec- tion on the M/V Spirit of Boston fireM/V Spirit of Boston, NTSB issued the ommendation M-24-10 issued to PVAin March 2023. following recommendations to PVA:M-24-10 Sharewithyourmembersthecir-cumstancesoftheSpiritofBoston accident, including the importance of having at least one marine crewmem-ber on board a vessel with hospitality staffornon-crewpersonnel,having procedures for properly handling open-flame devices, and implementing safe-ty management systems.In PVAs response to the NTSB rec-ommendationwecitedeffortsto disseminateinformationfromboth the U.S. Coast Guard and NTSB on mitigatingtheriskoffireonboard domesticpassengervesselsthrough MemberUpdates,Foghornarticles, and educational sessions at both PVA Region Meetings and the PVA Annu-al Convention at MariTrends over the last year and a half. In addition, PVAs updatedBasicFirefightingManual containsinformationonproperly handling open flame heating devices.NTSB cited PVAs most recent article in the January/February 2025 issue of Foghornrelatingthecircumstances, findings,andrecommendationsof thereportofinvestigationasreason to classify Recommendation M-24-10 ClosedAcceptable Action. The complete letter from NTSB can be found here.FOGHORN 38'