Damage control

Damage control referred to groups of crew members that was tasked with fighting fires and repairing critical shipboard systems in order to keep starships operational in times of crisis where starships took damage. They usually acted as teams called damage control teams.

In the Lyran Starfleet, damage control was a subdivision of the engineering division and, as such, Urie commanded one of the Stoneship's damage control teams. 

Combat support tenders were used to effect repairs to starships beyond the capacity of any one starship's damage control teams.