Instructions, Drills, & Safety

Emergency Instructions

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Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Training and Qualification
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INSTRUCTIONS, DRILLS, & SAFETY

APPLIES TO:

ALL DOCUMENTED COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS OPERATING

BEYOND THE BOUNDARY LINE OR WITH MORE THAN 16 POB ANYWHERE

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REQUIREMENTS:

-The master or individual in charge of each vessel must ensure that

drills are conducted as if a real emergency exists and instructions

given to each individual on board at least once each month so as to

ensure that each individual is familiar wlth their duties and responses

to at least the following contingencies:

-Abandoning the vessel.

-Fighting a fire in different locations on board the vessel.

-Recovering an individual from the water.

-Minimizing the affects of unintentional flooding.

-Launching survival craft and recovering lifeboats.

-Donning immersion suits and other wearable PFDs.

-Donning a fireman's outfit and a self-contained breathing

apparatus, if the vessel is so equipped.

-Making a voice radio distress call and using visual distress

signals.

-Activating the general alarm; and

-Reporting inoperative alarm and fire detection systems.

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STANDARD:

-Training. After September 1, 1994, no individual may conduct the

drills or provide the instructions required by this section unless

that individual has been trained in the proper procedures for

conducting the activity.

-Safety orientation. The master or individual in charge of a vessel

must ensure that a safety orientation is given to each individual

on board that has not participated in the drills required before

the vessel may be operated.

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INSTRUCTORS NOTES:

-Stress the need for fishermen to be prepared. Drills are the only

effective method to ensure that individuals will be prepared for

accidents.

-There are no written standards for how one is to conduct drills but

following guidelines for emergency instructions will help fishermen.

-There are no requirements that drills be logged in any way but,

again, stress the importance of protecting oneself from lawsuits by

keeping a written record of drills.

-Individuals with licenses for 100 GT are qualified to conduct the

required drills.

-Approved, standardized training is currently being developed and

will be available soon.

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REFERENCES: 46 CFR 28.270

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