Mission Conduct

Question 1

What are the 6 steps of mission conduct?

Answer 1

Mission Planning
Mission Statement
Mission Recording
Mission Reports
Post Mission Review
Post Mission Investigation

Question 2

What is Mission Planning?

Answer 2

Acquiring, validating, analyzing (context) and assessing (Priority and decision) information regarding the incident.

Question 3

What does FFDO stand for?

Answer 3

Facts/Factors (What is happening?), Deductions ( What might be the situation?) and Outputs (What is to be done about the situation?).

Question 4

What 3 levels of validation are used?

Answer 4

Totally reliable, reliable but requires further validation, unreliable.

Question 5

What is the Mission Statement?

Answer 5

Written statement of the situation and the plan of action with details of progression clearly set out so that it can be understood with no prior knowledge of the incident.

Question 6

What does SMEAC stand for?

Answer 6

Situation, Mission, Execution, Any Questions, Confirmation

Question 7

List 3 types of Mission reports

Answer 7

SAR Sitreps (Situation Reports)
Polreps (Pollution Reports)
DefReps (Defect Reports)

Question 8

What is recording in mission recording?

Answer 8

All information and actions taken in relation to an incident.

Question 9

What 2 types of Mission Review are there?

Answer 9

IMR (Informal Mission Review)

PMLR (Post Mission Learning Review)

Question 10

Who carries out a Post Mission Investigation?

Answer 10

Carried out internally outside of the ops team.

Question 11

What is the CG responsibility statement?

Answer 11

“HM Coastguard is responsible for the initiation and coordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the UK search and rescue region. This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shorelines of the UK

Question 12

What is the Rescue Dilemma?

Answer 12

Decision – To attempt the rescue or not?

The most appropriate unit/ back up

The Likely hood of success VS The risk to rescuers

Question 13

When should a OLR be carried out?

Answer 13

Following most Qualifying incidents or where Self-Assessment or an Informal Mission Review identified there may be good practice or lessons learnt, which should be promulgated more widely.

Question 14

What are the 5 stages of a systematic approach to SAR?

Answer 14

Awareness 
Initial action 
Planning 
Operations 
Conclusions

Question 15

When should a QMP be used?

Answer 15

When an immediate response is required
When time is of the essence
All distress and alert phase incidents
When more time is available a mission statement should still be produced
Record in vision as MC comment or SME/FFDO comment

Question 16

When should a SARSITREP be submitted?

Answer 16

Incidents requiring involvement of a higher level in the MCA
High profile Incidents likely to attract media interest
Incidents likely to become major or prolonged
Incidents involving a number of SAR assets and/or authority’s
When required by duty officers

Question 17

What 7 factors need to be considered before launching an ILB/ALB?

Answer 17

Weather – current and forecast 
Duration of mission 
Size of vessel 
Current and future time of day/night  
Number of casualties (POB) 
Distance off shore 
Location of casualty

Question 18

What is the purpose of a SAR situational report?

Answer 18

Alert others that are or may become involved
Inform those who should be kept aware of the incident
To record events

Question 19

Reasons for when more than one CRT should be tasked?

Answer 19

Technical Rescue incident
When two teams with the relevant technical experience can be tasked to water, rope or mud.
To cover low manning in the first team
No OIC
To cover competency’s not covered by the first team

Question 20

Hierarchy of rescue

Answer 20

Rescuer
Rescue team
By stander
Casualty

Question 21

What are the operational limits of an RNLI ATLANTIC?

Answer 21

Not in excess of a rough sea state

Not in excess of a F9