EMERGENCY RESPONSE!
When any vessel sets sail, you never expect to be involved in any type of accident, be it a collision, man overboard or medical emergency. You can go from a routine task on board to possibly a major incident within minutes and this can be totally alien to most seafarers. To manage and overcome such events, training and preparation is key. Being prepared could genuinely save your life.
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having the right equipment and knowledge to use it, are all equally important in ensuring a happy outcome, should a tragedy occur.
PREPARATION
Preparation is crucial; it involves training and planning and also includes minimising the risk, especially those that can result from the cost-cutting measures that most people are far too often guilty of when buying safety equipment.
When an incident occurs it is too late to discover that the fire extinguisher is empty, the life raft on-board is damaged and there are no flares available. Good seamanship is the result of a combination of knowledge, good training and common sense, which ensures safety at sea. With good planning and foresight many disasters can be prevented, but sadly not all.
HISTORY
When the Titanic sank 100 years ago, it was claimed the men on-board showed immense chivalry by letting women and children climb into the lifeboats first. But new research suggests this heroic moral code is actually a myth with men having a better chance of surviving maritime disasters. Not only that, it has now been suggested that the only reason women and children escaped the Titanic tragedy was because the captain threatened to shoot any man who put himself first.
A study of 18 catastrophes over the past 300 years was carried out by Swedish researchers Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixon and shows that captains and their crew are 18.7 per cent more likely to survive a shipwreck than their passengers. Knowing what to do in an emergency,
ANYWHERE ANY TIME
An emergency can happen anywhere, at any time. Research and experience have shown that when disaster strikes, most people panic, making the event far worse. However, those who have been correctly trained to expect and cope with such risks show far greater survival rates than those who have not. People caught in a crisis or emergency often react by falling back on previous training scenarios.
TRAINING STANDARDS
The Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) Personal Survival Techniques training course is one of four mandatory modules required to work on any commercial vessel ranging from super tankers to fishing vessels. The training must be undertaken
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Historically, support for anyone discovering an item of UXO within the United Kingdom and its waters has been provided by the military. Offshore, this service was carried out by the Royal Navy Clearance Divers and whilst this service is still available it only applies to situations where there is a danger to the public or where lives are at risk. In the event that the presence of a UXO item is preventing the construction of a wind farm then the operator or contractor must source a suitable alternative to the, tax payer funded, military teams.
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One solution to this service shortfall is Ramora UK who have been providing offshore Explosive Ordnance Disposal services to the offshore industry since 2006. Just like their Police and Military Bomb Disposal counterparts the Ramora UK team are made up predominantly of former military bomb disposal specialists but are being supported more and more by their own ‘home grown’ specialist personnel. The team are deployed via a 24hour helpline and can mobilise within 24hrs should the need arise.
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before new entrants are assigned to any shipboard duties. The other three basic STCW modules include; Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities, Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting and Elementary First Aid.
OVERALL AIM
The overall aim of the Personal Survival Techniques course is to provide seafarers with the necessary knowledge, understanding and proficiency to protect and maintain their own and others’ safety at sea in accordance with the international regulations.
Students attending the Personal Survival Techniques course learn the principles of survival, abandoning ship, survival in the water and the use of survival equipment/ survival craft during a maritime emergency.
ACCREDITED TRAINING
Andrew Hodgson, Business Development Consultant of Whitby Fishing Training Centre said “The overall objective of the accredited training we offer is to give all persons intending to go to sea a basic knowledge of the immediate action to be taken upon encountering an emergency aboard ship and overview of the safety regime that exists within the industry. We are delighted to be involved in delivering vital STCW safety training to the maritime sector.”
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COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE The actual response to a UXO discovery can range from some simple telephone advice or identification based on video footage or images to determine the steps to take to avoid further risks, through to more positive action. A full deployment of the maritime EOD team involves embarkation of RHIBS, specialist EOD equipment and explosives along with divers and ROV systems, where necessary onto a suitable vessel.
All the systems are designed to work from any vessel and also be interoperable to provide maximum flexibility. Ultimately, any deployment of the team is in response to
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