PSSR

Comply with emergency

procedures
Chapter 5
Emergency,
Drills and muster
Values and need for drills & trainings
Internal communication
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Explaining the term ‘Emergency’
 Emergency is a situation where danger is
immediate
 Loss of life

 Injury

 Loss of or damage to property

 Damage to environment

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Emergencies
 Emergencies require immediate action

 Various emergencies that may occur,

 Fire and collision

 grounding and foundering

 Man overboard

 Ingress of water

 Heavy weather

 Oil spill etc

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Response to emergencies
 Alarm must be raised.

 Alarm can come from

 Ship general alarm

 Fire alarm

 Ship’s whistle etc

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4.2 Drills and muster
 Muster list are available on all ships.

 Provide things to do during emergency

 It has individual name and job duties

 Specific duties allocated to crew

 Each crew belong to squad or team

 Meet at muster station for head count

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Actions to be taken during
emergency alarm
 Dress yourself adequately and properly

 Go to muster station

 Find the nature of the emergency

 Take action as per muster list instructions

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4.3 Value and need for drills and training

 Three reasons why the need for drills

 By law (SOLAS, MARPOL, STCW, ISM

etc)
 Operational need – regular training ingrained
into crew what to do during an emergency
 State of mind – so that they are mentally

prepared during an emergency, less chance

of getting panicky

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4.4 Internal communication
during an emergency
 During emergency, there can be various
types of internal communication on board

 They are
• Telephone
• Public address system
• Walkie-talkies
• Lifeboat VHF etc
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Internal communication
 During an emergency, you must know

 Locations where communication can be

achieved
 Know where your escape routes

 Their locations

 Number of these routes

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 DISCUSSION

What actions to be taken during emergency alarm?

How do you know what actions to take during an
emergency?
Explain the term ‘Emergency’ and why is it related
to ISM Code?
How to raise an Alarm properly?
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