Encl (1) to COMDTINST 16010.8
SAFETY
Goal S2: Save all property in imminent danger as a result of maritime
accidents.
FY99 Target: Save at least 80% of all property reported in imminent
danger as a result of maritime accidents.
Measure: Value of property loss prevented/property loss prevented + value
of property lost.
Measurement Issues: The Coast Guard strives to save as much property as
possible. There is some annual variation in the statistical data, with
some years falling below target and some years exceeding target. The
value of property loss prevented is an estimated amount of property loss
that would have occurred had the Coast Guard not rendered assistance.
Data is obtained from the Coast Guard Search and Rescue Marine Information
System, and is validated by program managers. FY94-96 data is currently
being validated to remove discrepancies that may have skewed the data
Selected Program Standards/Customer Service Standards:
Search and Rescue unit ready to proceed within 30 minutes of
notification of distress.
Search and Rescue unit on scene, at datum, or in the search area within
90 minutes of getting underway.
Causal Factors to be Addressed:
Severe weather.
Inability or delay in distress notification.
Unsafe operation of vessel (poorly loaded, poor navigation.)
Unsafe equipment.
Strategies to Achieve Target:
Ongoing Strategies:
Improve the knowledge and skills of mariners by conducting boardings,
courtesy safety examinations, and public service message campaigns.
Increase carriage of additional distress notification, alerting, and
locating equipment, and survival gear.
Improve rescue coordination and effectiveness by partnering with local
state and international agencies that have response responsibilities.
Use research and development to improve search planning, including
improvements to search theory models, analysis of current and wind
variability, and night search tactics and sensor performance.
Develop waterway safety activities in cooperation with other agencies
New Strategies:
that permits distress, safety, law enforcement interaction between the
Coast Guard and mariners.
Efficiency Strategies:
Replace aging assets with more capable ones to reduce the overall number
of assets, people, and maintenance resources required to provide the
same level of performance.
Continue the Coast Guard's Deepwater project to award up to three
contracts to develop an integrated system of surface, air, command and
control, intelligence, and logistics systems to provide the functional
capability to carry out the Coast Guard's statutory mandates in the
deepwater area of responsibility. Concurrent with this effort, the
Administration will begin a Presidential Roles and Missions review of
future Coast Guard missions. The Coast Guard will avoid one-for-one
replacement of its existing assets, and achieve efficiencies by
capitalizing on better technology.
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