SAFETY OF PASSENGERS

IMO ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION A.865

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PPT REFERENCE : 01A.5

PREPARED BY : CAPT RAJIV K VIG

REVIEWED BY : CAPT L C DHARMANI
DATED : 24 JULY 2018
LAST REVIEWED : 22 MAY 2022
CAPT RAJIV K VIG 1
 • PASSENGERS ON BOARD MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH
THE WAYS OF SEA. IN CASE OF SHIPBOARD
EMERGENCY THEY REQUIRE CAREFUL GUIDANCE AND
ASSISTANCE BY THE SPECIALLY TRAINED CREW
MEMBERS

• THE ADMINISTRATION WILL ENSURE THAT PERIODIC

REFRESHER TRAINING AND DRILLS FOR CREW ARE
CARRIED OUT

• THE PERSONNEL NOMINATED IN THE MUSTER LIST

FOR THIS TASK SHOULD RECEIVE SPECIFIC TRAINING
IN THE ASSISTANCE OF ELDERLY OR DISABLED
PERSONS AND THOSE NEEDING SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

• COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN

APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE AND BY HAND SIGNALS
AND DEMONSTRATIONS WHEN VERBAL SIGNALS ARE
IMPRACTICAL
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 SOLAS CHAPTER III REGULATION 37.6 LISTS
THE DUTIES RELATED TO PASSENGERS THAT
MUST BE ASSIGNED TO THE CREW

MUSTER LIST ON PASSENGER SHIPS MUST BE

APPROVED

THESE DUTIES WOULD USUALLY BE SO

ARRANGED THAT EACH MEMBER IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR A GROUP OF CABINS TO
MUSTER AND CONTROL THE OCCUPANTS

ANOTHER SMALL PARTY WOULD BE REQUIRED

TO TAKE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES TO THE
LIFEBOATS
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 SPECIFIC DUTIES FOR NOMINATED
CREW WILL BE AS FOLLOWS :
1. WARNING THE PASSENGERS

2. ENSURING THAT ALL PASSENGER SPACES

ARE EVACUATED

3. GUIDING THEM TO ALLOCATED MUSTER STATIONS

4. MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE IN PASSAGEWAYS ,

STAIRS AND DOORWAYS TO AVOID STAMPEDE

5. CHECKING THEY ARE SUITABLE CLOTHED

AND THAT LIFEJACKETS ARE CORRECTLY
DONNED

6. TAKING ROLL CALL / HEADCOUNT

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OF PASSENGERS
 7. DIRECTING THEM TO ALLOCATED
EMBARKATION STATION

8. INSTRUCTING THEM ON PROCEDURE OF

BOARDING SURVIVAL CRAFT OR
JUMPING INTO THE SEA

9. INSTRUCTING PASSENGERS DURING

FAMILIARIZATION DRILLS AND TRAINING

10. ENSURING THAT ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF

BLANKETS AND OTHER ESSENTIALS IS
TAKEN IN SURVIVAL CRAFTS
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 THEORETICAL TRAINING :
AWARENESS OF LSA AND FFA PLANS WITH KNOWLEDGE
OF MUSTER LIST AND EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS
GENERAL LAYOUT OF SHIP WITH EMPHASIS ON
LOCATION OF MUSTER AND EMBARKATION STATION,
VARIOUS ACCESSESS AND ESCAPE ROUTES
LOCATION AND USE OF SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTARY FIRST AID AND TRANSPORTATION OF
CASUALITIES
USE OF INTERCOM SYSTEMS, RAISING ALARM,
REPORTING AND NOTIFICATION
SEARCH OF ACCOMODATION SPACES, KEEPING ESCAPE
ROUTE CLEAR OF OBSTRUCTIONS, USE OF EVACUATION
EQUIPMENT, EMERGENCY EXITS AND PANIC AVOIDANCE
FIRE DETECTION AND INITIAL CONTAINMENT, DANGER
OF SMOKE INHALATION AND BREATHING PROTECTION
CORRECT USE OF INDIVIDUAL SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT
LIKE LIFEJACKETS, IMMERSION SUITS, LIFEBOUYS ETC
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 PRACTICAL TRAINING :
REPEATED FIRE AND LIFBOAT DRILLS

• USE OF LSA / FFA EQUIPMENTS

• USE OF INTERNAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENTS

• EVACUATION INCLUDING GUIDANCE AND

ASSISTANCE TO ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSON
AND THOSE NEEDING SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

• USE AND COORDIANATE HANDLING OF ANY

SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT THAT MAY BE
PROVIDED FOR ASSISTING ELDERLY OR
• DISABLED PERSONS OR PERSONS NEEDING
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
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SOLAS Ch 3 REGN 19 , AS AMENDED IN 2013 , IN
THE WAKE OF COSTA CONCORDIA INCIDENT , TO
ENSURE THAT PASSENGERS UNDERGO SAFETY
DRILLS INCL MUSTERING AT L/B STATIONS
PRIOR OR IMMEDIATE UPON SHIP DEPARTURE
CAME IN FORCE ON 01 JANUARY 2015

EARLIER THE RQEUIREMENT WAS FOR

PASSENGERS TO MUSTER WITHIN 24 HOURS OF
THEIR EMBARKATION

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Amendments to SOLAS II-1/19, III/30
and III/37
 SOLAS EDITION 2020 IS ALREADY AVALIABLE
 Damage control drills on passenger ships

 Came in to force on 1 January 2020

 Background: The IMO agreed that damage control drills

would help improve the safety of passenger ships and that
appropriate amendments to SOLAS should be developed
together with associated guidance.

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Amendments to SOLAS II-1/19, III/30
and III/37

 Summary: Amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1

regulation 19 and chapter III regulations 30 and 37 to
mandate damage control drills were adopted.
 The requirements are operational in nature with drills
required at regular intervals for all passenger ships.
The drills will have to involve crew members who
have damage control responsibilities.
 Additionally drills will have to be recorded and should
cover different damage scenarios.
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Amendments to SOLAS II-1/19, III/30
and III/37

 Implication: Additional drills on DAMAGE CONTROL

will need to be included in the ships’ normal
operations.

 Application: Applicable to all passenger ships.

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