Response to Emergencies Flashcards
1
Q
- *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
- General*
A
Emergency Procedures - General
- Raise the ALARM
- Close Watertight doors
- Muster / Headcount
- Decide on Distress / LSA / Abandon ?
- Investigate - Action & Checklist
Consult:
- SMS
- Bridge Procedures Guide
2
Q
- *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
- Gounding*
A
Emergency Procedure Grounding:
- Watertight doors
- Stop Main Engines
- Plot position
- Investigate - Damage, Pollution, Tank Soundings
- Prepare LSA
- Pumps - Start
- Stability
- LSA? Abandon? Mayday?
- SOPEP
- SOSREP - Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention
Consult:
- SMS
- Bridge Procedures Guide (Checklist C3)
3
Q
- *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
- FIRE*
A
Emergency Procedure Fire: 🔥
FIND INFORM RESTRICT EXTINGUISH / ESCAPE
- Fire Doors / Water tight doors
- Fire Dampers (where appropriate)
- Pumps Started
- Shut off fuel / isolate electricity
- Shut off A/C
- Manoeuvre vessel (Smoke, Nav Dangers etc)
- Prepare BA to Investigate
- Boundary Cooling
- Stability
- Guest / Passenger / Non Essential crew (Evacuate?)
- LSA ? ABANDON? May Day?
- Start High Fog (If not already running)
- Document, Evidence Collect - MAIB
Consult:
- Fire Plan
- SMS
- Bridge Procedures Guide (Checklist C5)
4
Q
- *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
- Collision*
A
Emergency Procedure Collision:
- Watertight Doors (Maybe before if collision inevitable)
- Stop Main Engines ( or stay embeded)
- Watertight integrity / Damage Assessment & Control
- Contact Other V/L & Decide to stay embedded (If stuck together)
- Mayday / Pan Pan (May day can always be downgraded) Informs authority so they can start moving.
- Prevent Sparking incase of fumes
- Stability / LSA / Abandon?
- SOPEP & SOSREP - Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention
- Legally obligated to offer assistance to other vessel and exchange details
- Appropriate logs + evidence (VDR, CCTV, ECDIS, Witness statements etc)
- MAIB contact ARF-1
- Chart Assessement (Positiion)
- Reference Collision check list to ensure you have not missed anything.
- 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.
- Post collision survey, Seaworthiness of vessel may have been invalidated.
Consult:
- SMS
- Bridge Procedures Guide (Checklist C2)
5
Q
Who is the MAIB?
What do they do?
A
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