Response to Emergencies

Question 1

• *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
• General*

Answer 1

Emergency Procedures - General

1. Raise the ALARM
2. Close Watertight doors
3. Muster / Headcount
4. Decide on Distress / LSA / Abandon ?
5. Investigate - Action & Checklist

Consult:

1. SMS
2. Bridge Procedures Guide

Question 2

• *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
• Gounding*

Answer 2

Emergency Procedure Grounding:

1. Watertight doors
2. Stop Main Engines
3. Plot position
4. Investigate - Damage, Pollution, Tank Soundings
5. Prepare LSA
6. Pumps - Start
7. Stability
8. LSA? Abandon? Mayday?
9. SOPEP
10. SOSREP - Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention

Consult:

1. SMS
2. Bridge Procedures Guide (Checklist C3)

Question 3

• *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
• FIRE*

Answer 3

Emergency Procedure Fire: 🔥
FIND INFORM RESTRICT EXTINGUISH / ESCAPE

1. Fire Doors / Water tight doors
2. Fire Dampers (where appropriate)
3. Pumps Started
4. Shut off fuel / isolate electricity
5. Shut off A/C
6. Manoeuvre vessel (Smoke, Nav Dangers etc)
7. Prepare BA to Investigate
8. Boundary Cooling
9. Stability
10. Guest / Passenger / Non Essential crew (Evacuate?)
11. LSA ? ABANDON? May Day?
12. Start High Fog (If not already running)
13. Document, Evidence Collect - MAIB

Consult:

1. Fire Plan
2. SMS
3. Bridge Procedures Guide (Checklist C5)

Question 4

• *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
• Collision*

Answer 4

Emergency Procedure Collision:

1. Watertight Doors (Maybe before if collision inevitable)
2. Stop Main Engines ( or stay embeded)
3. Watertight integrity / Damage Assessment & Control
4. Contact Other V/L & Decide to stay embedded (If stuck together)
5. Mayday / Pan Pan (May day can always be downgraded) Informs authority so they can start moving.
6. Prevent Sparking incase of fumes
7. Stability / LSA / Abandon?
8. SOPEP & SOSREP - Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention
9. Legally obligated to offer assistance to other vessel and exchange details
10. Appropriate logs + evidence (VDR, CCTV, ECDIS, Witness statements etc)
11. MAIB contact ARF-1
12. Chart Assessement (Positiion)
13. Reference Collision check list to ensure you have not missed anything.
14. Inform the master of the other vessel - Serve written notice to the master of the other vessel, holding him liable and responsible for the collision whilst not accepting any liability / responsibility.
15. Post collision survey, Seaworthiness of vessel may have been invalidated.

Consult:

1. SMS
2. Bridge Procedures Guide (Checklist C2)

Question 5

Who is the MAIB?
What do they do?

Answer 5

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

• It’s an independant branch within the department of transport and is separate to the MCA
• SOLAS Chapter XI-1 (Enhanced Safety) discusses the duties of flag state to investigate any accidents that happen to UK vessels worldwide and to any foreign ships within territorial waters.
• What needs to be reported to the MAIB:
  
  • Collsion, Grounding or Fire
  • Serious injury onboard, loss of limb, partial loss of eyesight, any broken bones except fingers or toes,loss of conciousness, hospitalisation for more than 24 hours, missing work for 3 days or a dislocation.
  • Form ARF1 (Found on the MAIB website)
    Accident Reporting Form - Also have 24 hour reporting line
• It is important to note that

Question 6

Action of reciept of Distress message

Answer 6

Treat Every distress message as serious
UNCLOS - SOLAS V R.33

Within Sea-Area:
-Commence Record keeping
-Wait 5 mins for coast radio
-Make entry into GMDSS Logbook
-Position to assist - Acknowledge distress
-Relay if no response from Coast Radio
-Proceed at best speed

Outside Sea Area:
-Commence record keeping
-Immediately acknowledge distress by radiotelephony
-Relay by any means
-Proceed at best speed