Precautions for the Protection and Safety of Pax Flashcards
Define a pax ship?
Carries > 12 pax
Define a casualty threshold?
The max damage a ship can sustain and still be able to return to port
What parts of SOLAS were amended in recognition of increasing size and complexity of pax ships?
SOLAS Ch II-1- Construction, subdivision, stability, machinery and electrical installations,
II-2 - Fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction
What systems have been incorporated for the safety of pax?
- Identification of safe areas
- Safe Return to Port for pax ships >120m or >/= 3 vertical zones as of 2010
- Safety Centres
- Fixed fire detection and alarm systems capable of being remotely and individually monitored
- Enhance fire systems of atriums including escape and ventilation
- It should take 30 mins to abandon a pax ship, from when the abandon ship command is given to when the survival craft are launched with their full complement
What is the Decision Support System?
Consists of two systems:
Integrated monitoring system
- Culmination of the alarms around the ship to assist the Master and Bridge team in making informed decisions during an emergency situation.
- Alarms include; draught, trim, heel, water levels in all below deck compartments, watertight doors and fire doors, shell/bow door locking devices, temperature and smoke concentrations, the status of pumps, ventilators and damper used for emergency management in all compartments
- Decision support system for emergency management (contingency plans should be the same format and easily accessible)
What must all embarking pax do before the ship departs?
- Undergo mustering and safety drills as per SOLAS III
- Due to the Costa Concordia accident
What training is required for the crew on pax ships?
- All crew should undergo a crowd management course as per STCW
- Additionally, crew members responsible for the safety of pax must complete a ‘crisis management and human behaviour’
