BEHAVIOR DURING LIFEBOATS DRILLS AND IN EMERGENCY.

The success of a safety drill depends on how well the individual par­ticipant is prepared for his task. Only he will collaborate willingly who knows his place in the scheme of things, is familiar with the moves to be expected and within the unit can make his contribution to success. Every
training measure must take this fact into account. So here also the valid guiding principle is only he succeeds who keeps calm, obtains an over­ view, acts with careful consideration. The purpose of the drills carried out on board is to prepare for an emergency. Course and content of the drills are to be directed at that objective.

Every drill should be planned carefully. Being posted on the main notice board it should be available to every member of the crew. Every­one should be familiar with all activities. Exchanges of function must be I practiced.

This involves being shown how to do it right and doing it again un­til every move can be carried out confidently.

Everyone must be able to rely on everyone else. On the way to the muster station hurry & haste must be avoided, particularly around stairs, ladders or comings. At the muster station, tasks or instructions are ac­cepted attentively. The Head of operations instructs the unit leader to man the life-saving appliance. The unit leader supervises the orderly embar­kation. He determines the order in which people embark. Everyone sits down in the appointed place. In open lifeboats, everyone on board holds onto the lifelines.

Before climbing into free-fall boats, life-jackets are taken off and stowed in the boat. Then the places are taken up and the safety belts fas­tened. The supplementary equipment is stowed in the life-saving appli­ance, located firmly & lashed in.

Personal luggage is taken along only if of a kind useful for survival in distress, such as warm clothing.

1 How should every drill be planned?

2 Where are tasks or instructions ac­cepted attentively?

3 What does the unit leader do?

Date: 2015-01-11; view: 973