Response to Emergencies Flashcards

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  • *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
  • General*
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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
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  • *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
  • Gounding*
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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)
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  • *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
  • FIRE*
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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)
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  • *EMERGENCY PROCEDURES**
  • Collision*
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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)
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Who is the MAIB?
What do they do?

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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
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