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Lesson 1 Emergency Situations

This document discusses maritime safety and emergency situations that may occur on board ships. It identifies several types of emergencies like fire, man overboard, abandon ship, breakdown, capsizing, flooding, oil spill, collision, and grounding. For each emergency type, it provides a brief definition and some key details about causes and responses. The overall document emphasizes that safety is the top priority in maritime operations and it is important for crews to be trained on emergency procedures.

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Lesson 1 Emergency Situations

This document discusses maritime safety and emergency situations that may occur on board ships. It identifies several types of emergencies like fire, man overboard, abandon ship, breakdown, capsizing, flooding, oil spill, collision, and grounding. For each emergency type, it provides a brief definition and some key details about causes and responses. The overall document emphasizes that safety is the top priority in maritime operations and it is important for crews to be trained on emergency procedures.

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LESSON 1 MARITIME SAFETY

In this unit, you should be able to:

          -Identify the general emergency situations on Board

           -Describe the different emergency situations


At any time, incident onboard may it be severe or harmful
happens all of a sudden. The resulting unforeseen state like serious
and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action is
classified as an “EMERGENCY”. One of the most important factors in
dealing with “EMERGENCY SITUATION ONBOARD” is the regular
training and drills and an action plan apart from sharp awareness
and absence of panic. This is a general rule which is appropriate to
all situations onboard a ship.

     Situation onboard a ship is a life-threatening environment since


normally ships are isolated floating objects over the vast and
perilous ocean of the world. It is necessary to know about the
emergency measures since there are many types of emergencies
which might get to your feet when a ship is sailing or even at port.

     The World of Merchant Shipping is viably the most international


of all the world's great industries - and one of the most risky
profession. It has always been a standard that the best way of
educating safety at sea is by developing international regulations
that are trailed by all shipping nations.

     “Safety First” is the most common slogan used by the shipping


company. Safety is the top priority in the Maritime business. Human
element contributes dominantly to different modes of transportation
– land, air and water. Dealing with various types of emergency
situations requires not only the procedural approaches / general
procedure and plans to be followed in case of emergency situation
on board a ship, but also we will take a look at the educational
configuration integral to the accidents.
TYPES OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS:

FIRE BREAKDOWN OIL SPILL


MAN OVERBOARD CAPSIZING COLLISION
ABANDONSHIP FLOODING GROUNDING

FIRE

 Fire on board ship is one of the most serious risks for property
and persons, as well as for the surrounding environment. A
ship is evidently subject to the same risks regarding fire as a
civil or industrial land structure. On board ship there are tons
of liquid fuel, electrical equipment, air-conditioning plants,
engines, stores of flammable material and crew
accommodation areas (kitchens, mess rooms, lounges, and
cabins).
MAN OVERBOARD

 Man overboard is a situation where in a ship’s crew member


falls out at sea from the ship, no matter where the ship is
sailing, in open seas or in still waters in port

 It is an emergency situation and it is very important to locate


and recover the overboard person as soon as possible as due
to bad weather or rough sea, the crew member can drown or
else due to temperature of the cold water the person can get
hypothermia.

ABANDONSHIP

 LITERALLY, to escape from a sinking ship.

 It is the moment that the ship is no longer safe for the crew to
be on board.

 It is when an emergency situation goes out of hand and no


further actions can be done to keep people’s lives safe on
board.
BREAKDOWN

 It occurs when steering or essential equipment fails to operate


and major motor or equipment refuses to start.

 Some possible causes are poor maintenance practice or failure


to keep motors well-maintained.
CAPSIZING

 It is the situation when the vessel is turning upside down from


its upright position due to elements of flooding and/or
floundering.  
 Some of the causes might be gross overloading, poor
distribution of load, poor steering technique or caught by wind
and waves.

FLOODING

 It is the unwanted ingress of sea water in large quantities can


result from a variety of reasons, and certain steps must be
taken immediately in the occurrence of such an event.

CAUSES OF FLOODING:

 COLLISION

 ICE DAMAGE

 OVERWHELMED BY TYPHOON AND HURRICANES

 ENGINE ROOM FLOODING


OIL SPILL

 It is an accident in which oil has come out of a ship and caused


pollution.

 It is a release of oil into the environment, either leaked or


discharged from a ship.

 It is the presence of significantly large amount or layers of


crude or refined oil on sea water.
COLLISION

 The name given to the physical impact that occurs between


two ships resulting in a damaging accident.

GROUNDING

 In accidental cases, it is commonly referred to as "running


aground. “

 Ship grounding is the impact of a ship on seabed or waterway


side.

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