EMERGENCY PLAN EXAMPLE — EMERGENCY STATIONS FOR CREW REFERENCE

Emergency plan example — emergency stations for crew Reference Material 3.17

Equipment required

Ship’s horn

Electric horn operated from the wheelhouse/bridge

Emergency station

Signed area on the bridge, port side, in voice contact with master

Life saving equipment

Life jackets, life buoys, life rafts, distress signalling equipment, first aid case, food and clothing packs

Emergency plans

At assembly stations; safety equipment location plan, fire control plan, flooding control plan, evacuation plan

Action

Crew

When the emergency alarm signal sounds

Immediately gather for instructions from the master.

Crew

Clear every one from all areas of the ship to assembly areas.

Crew 1 and 2

Close all watertight doors and deck hatches.

Crew 3

Ready all life saving equipment, collect warm clothing and blankets.

Crew 4

Conduct a head count and advise master.

Crew 2

Distribute life jackets and ensure that they are worn correctly.

Crew 2 and 3

Launch life rafts and assemble them on the lee side of the ship.

Master and Crew 1

The order to abandon ship will be given.

Master

Keep people calm and instruct them how to transfer to the life rafts safely.

All crew

At lest one crew person should be in each life raft.

All crew

Endeavour to keep all life rafts in a group.

All crew

Manage the life raft supplies and distress equipment.

Master

Assigned duties

Crew

Below deck, machinery monitoring, fire fighting, flooding and housekeeping.

Crew 1 and 4

Above deck, machinery monitoring, and passenger safety.

Crew 2

Close all watertight doors and deck hatches.

Crew 3

Life saving appliances, distress equipment, life rafts and safety packs.

Crew 4

Substitute person should the master be disabled.

Crew 1

Radio communications, mayday message, EPIRB and distress signals activation, record keeping.

Master