Damage stability Flashcards
What is on the damage control plan?
Clear, large scale plan of each deck and transverse sections
Watertight boundries
Watertight closing appliances, local/ remote, indicators
What doors must be closed/ can be left open
External watertight appliances
Weathertight closing appliances and position indicators
Leakage detection device
Cross flooding system location and arrangements
Location of bilge and ballast pumps
What is within the damage control booklet
General instructions to control the effect of damage:
Specific guidance: Sounding alarm, close water tight doors/ compartments, sound tanks to check where and rate water is flooding, ways to reduce flooding i.e. starting pumps
Location of flood detection system, sounding devices, tank vents and overflows
Pump capacities, pump diagrams, cross flooding instructions, means of escape from water tight compartments, alerting ship management
Provides damage stability calculations, created at the design stage of the ship. Damage cases are based on these assumptions to give a fair idea of how the vessel will react.
What else is available for damage stability
Onboard computers to calculate information regarding damage stability, using the ship’s actual condition.
Shore based Emergency response systems- available from stability computer supplier
