6SHIPBOARD EMERGENCIES AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT

6 SHIPBOARD EMERGENCIES AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT

Note: This chapter provides general guidance on shipboard emergency procedures and emergency equipment. For information about specific requirements, the reader should also study the relevant provisions in Marine Orders, Part 29 (Emergency Procedures and Safety of Navigation).

6.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

6.1.1 The provisions of Marine Orders, Part 29 governing equipment, musters, drills and training must be strictly complied with.

6.1.2 Shipboard emergency training plans should take account of the IMO/ILO Document for Guidance (an international maritime training guide).

6.1.3 On first joining a ship, crew members must be informed of the location of the muster stations and the survival craft to which they have been assigned and of their duties in emergency situations in accordance with STCW95 Regulation VIII.

6.1.4 The master must ensure that a muster list is compiled and kept up to date in

accordance with Marine Orders, Part 29.

6.1.5 All crew members concerned should muster at a drill wearing the appropriate clothing and wearing life-jackets, properly secured.

6.1.6 Arrangements for drills should take account of prevailing weather conditions.

6.1.7 Each crew member must participate in drills in accordance with the requirements of the master and Marine Orders, Part 29, Appendix 4, and the ship's safety management system, which sets out the procedure to be followed for an emergency stations practice muster.

6.1.8 The timing of drills should be varied to ensure that seafarers (who because of their duties) have not taken part in a particular drill may participate in the next drill. Crew members should receive drill training as soon as possible. Crew may require specific training before joining the ship, to ensure that crew members are not incapable of carrying out safety related responsibilities.

6.1.9 Drills should involve the whole crew but, in some circumstances, it might be preferable to confine certain drills to crew members with specific tasks.

6.1.10 Although drills are an essential part of emergency training, a training scheme should consist of more than just drills. Information should be given to the entire crew on subjects such as hypothermia and instruction provided to certain crew members on the use of particular items of equipment.

1. FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, DRILLS AND TRAINING

2. In accordance with Marine Orders, Part 15 (Ship Fire Protection, Fire detection and

Fire Extinction),a fire control plan must be permanently exhibited on the ship. The

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