Friday, August 9, 2013
- MUSTERS
AND DRILLS ARE REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED OUT REGULARLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
MERCHANT SHIPPING REGULATIONS. THE GUIDANCE CONTAINED IN THIS AND THE
FOLLOWING SECTION BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE ON
THESE REGULATIONS ISSUED IN THE RELEVANT SHIPPING NOTICES.
- MUSTERS
AND DRILLS ARE DESIGNED TO PREPARE A TRAINED AND ORGANIZED RESPONSE TO
DANGEROUS. SITUATIONS WHICH MAY UNEXPECTEDLY THREATEN LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT REALISTICALLY, APPROACHING
AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. CHANGES IN THE SHIP’S
FUNCTION AND CHANGES IN THE SHIP’S PERSONNEL FROM TIME TO TIME SHOULD BE
REFLECTED IN CORRESPONDING CHANGES IN THE MUSTER ARRANGEMENTS.
- THE
MUSTER LIST MUST BE CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED BEFORE THE SHIPS SAIL AND, ON INTERNATIONAL VOYAGES
AND IN SHIPS OF CLASS II A AND III SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED BY EMERGENCY
INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH CREW MEMBER (E.G. IN THE FORM OF A CARD ISSUED TO
EACH CREW MEMBER OR AFFIXED TO INDIVIDUAL CREW BERTHS AND BUNKS). THESE
INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD DESCRIBE THE ALLOCATED ASSEMBLY STATION, SURVIVAL
CRAFT STATION AND EMERGENCY DUTY AND ALL EMERGENCY SIGNALS AND ACTION, IF
ANY, TO BE TAKEN ON HEARING SUCH SIGNALS.
- AN
ABANDON SHIP DRILL AND A FIRE DRILL MUST BE HELD WITHIN 24 HOURS OF
LEAVING PORT IF MORE THAN 25% OF THE CREW HAVE NOT TAKEN PART IN
DRILLS ON BOARD THE SHIP IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT
NOT LATER THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER JOINING THE SHIP, ON BOARD TRAINING IN THE
USE OF SHIP’S LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES, INCLUDING SURVIVAL CRAFT EQUIPMENT,
MUST BE GIVEN TO CREW MEMBERS. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER JOINING THE SHIP,
CREW MEMBERS SHOULD ALSO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THEIR EMERGENCY
DUTIES, THE SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE VARIOUS ALARM SYSTEMS AND THE LOCATION
OF THEIR LIFE BOAT STATION AND OF AL LIFE SAVING AND FIRE FIGHTING
EQUIPMENTS.
- ALL
THE SHIP’S PERSONNEL CONCERNED SHOULD MUSTER/ASSEMBLE AT A DRILL WEARING
LIFE JACKETS PROPERLY SECURED. THE LIFE JACKET SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE WORN
DURING LIFEBOAT DRILLS AND LAUNCHINGS BUT IN OTHER CASE MAY BE
SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED AT THE MASTER’S DISCRETION IF THEY WOULD IMPEDE OR
MAKE UNDULY ONEROUS THE ENSUING PRACTICE, PROVIDED THEY ARE KEPT READY TO
HAND.
- THE
TIMING OF EMERGENCY DRILLS SHOULD VARY SO THAT THE PERSONNEL WHO HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED
IN A PARTICULAR DRILL MAT TAKE PART IN THE NEXT.
- ANY
DEFECTS OR DEFICIENCIES REVEALED DURING DRILLS AND THE INSPECTIONS WHICH
ACCOMPANY THEM SHOULD BE MADE GOOD WITHOUT DELAY.
