B2/ 6 Search and rescue

6.1 Checking equipment status

.1 Check the lifebuoys and report.

.1.1 ..... All lifebuoys are complete.

.1.2 ..... Lifebuoy(s) at ... is / are damaged / missing.

.1.2.1 .......... Replace the damaged / missing lifebuoy(s).

.2 When was the last man overboard drill ?

.2.1 ..... Last man overboard drill was on ...(date) .

.3 Prepare a plan for man overboard drill.

.3.1 ..... Prepare a plan for

............... ~ an announced / not announced drill.

............... ~ a daytime / nighttime drill.

............... ~ a muster (at all stations).

............... ~ a recovering manoeuvre (with dummy / buoy).

.4 Have a drill / manoeuvre / muster on ...(date) .

6.2 Person-overboard activities

.1 Man overboard (on port side / starboard side / astern)!

.2 Drop lifebuoy(s).

.2.1 ..... Sound "man overboard" alarm.

.3 Hoist flag signal "Oscar".

.4 Hard-a-port / hard-a-starboard the wheel.

.5 Is person in water / lifebuoy located ?

.5.1 ..... Yes, person in water / lifebuoy located.

.5.2 ..... Report direction and distance of person in water / lifebuoy.

.5.2.1 .......... Direction at ... points port side / starboard side / ... degrees, distance ... metres.

.5.2.2 .......... Maintain visual contact to person in water / lifebuoy.

.5.3 ..... No, person in water / lifebuoy not located (yet).

.5.3.1 .......... Look out for person in water / lifebuoy and report.

.5.4 ..... Passenger / crew member missing (for ... hours / since ... UTC) - search in vessel negative.

.5.4.1 .......... Stop engine(s).

.5.4.2 .......... Transmit alarm signal - PAN-PAN / distress alert - MAYDAY to radio coast station / Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre / vessels in vicinity and report.

.5.4.3 .......... Alarm signal - PAN-PAN / distress alert - MAYDAY transmitted / acknowledged by ... / not acknowledged (yet)..

.6 Return manoeuvre ! Port / starboard, steer... degrees.

.7 Report position.

.7.1 ..... Position ... .

.8 Report traffic situation.

.8.1 ..... No vessel in vicinity.

.8.2 ..... Following vessel(s) in vicinity ... .

.9 Report weather situation.

.9.1 ..... Sea smooth/moderate/rough/high swell slight/moderate/heavy from .. (cardinal points ).

.9.2 ..... Winds force Beaufort... from ... (cardinal points ).

.9.3 ..... Visibility good/moderate/poor.

.9.4 ..... Current ... knots to ... (cardinal points ).

.10 Have man overboard stations / lookouts at ... manned and report.

.10.1 ..... Man overboard stations / lookouts at ... manned.

.11 Stand by for recovering from shipboard and report.

.11.1 ..... Standing by for recovering from shipboard.

.12 Stand by boat / motor lifeboat no. ... for letting go and report.

.12.1 ..... Rescue boat / motor lifeboat no. ... standing by for letting go.

.13 Let go rescue boat / motor lifeboat.

.14 Use VHF Channel ... / frequency ... for communication.

.14.1 ..... Use light signals / flag signals / whistle for communication.

.15 What is retreat signal for rescue boat / motor lifeboat ?

.15.1 ..... Retreat signal ... .

.16 Stand by one / two crew member(s) for rescue in water and report.

.16.1 ..... One / two crew member(s) standing by for rescue in water.

.17 Person overboard rescued / recovered.

.18 Stand by boat / rescue litter / rescue net / rescue basket / rescue sling and report.

.18.1 ..... Boat / rescue litter / rescue net / rescue basket / rescue sling standing by.

.19 Hoist person and report.

.20 Report condition of survivor.

.20.1 ..... Survivor

.................... ~ is in good / bad condition.

.................... ~ has hypothermia.

.................... ~ is injured.

.................... ~ is suffering from shock.

.20.2 ..... Person is dead.

6.3 Rescue operation - reporting readiness for assistance

See also A1/1.2 "Search and rescue communications"

.1 Received an alarm signal / PAN-PAN / distress alert - MAYDAY at ... UTC on ... (VHF Channel/frequency).

.2 Observed the following distress signal in ... degrees.

.3 Report the distress position.

.3.1 ..... Distress position ... .

.4 Was the alarm signal / PAN-PAN / distress alert - MAYDAY acknowledged?

.4.1 ..... The alarm signal / PAN-PAN / distress alert - MAYDAY was acknowledged by ... / not acknowledged (yet)..

.4.2.1 .......... Acknowledge the PAN-PAN / distress alert - MAYDAY - RELAY.

.4.3 ..... Transmit a MAYDAY - RELAY to ... (radio station).

.5 Watch the radar.

.6 Have the lookouts manned and report.

.6.1 ..... Lookouts are manned.

.7 Contact vessels in vicinity of the distress and report.

.7.1 ..... We have contact to following vessel(s) in vicinity of the distress: .... .

.7.2 ..... We have no contact (yet).

.8 Request information from the vessel in distress and report.

.8.1 ..... We have following information from the vessel in distress: ... .

.8.2 ..... We have no information (yet).

.9 Stand by lines / lifebuoys / nets / derricks / cranes / ... and report.

.9.1 ..... Lines / lifeboats / nets / derricks / cranes / ... standing by.

.10 Stand by lifeboats / rescue boat and report.

.10.1 ..... Lifeboats / rescue boat standing by.

.11 Stand by liferaft(s) as boarding station(s) and report.

.11.1 ..... Liferaft(s) standing by as boarding station(s).

.11.2 ..... Let go liferaft(s) as boarding station(s) with ... crew members (each).

.13 Stand by ... crew members for assisting survivors in water and report.

.13.1 ..... ... crew members standing by for assisting survivors in water.

.14 Switch on the deck lighting / outboard lighting / search lights.

.15 Stand by line throwing apparatus and report.

.15.1 ..... Line throwing apparatus standing by.

6.4 Conducting search

.1 We / MV ... will act as On-scene Co-ordinator.

.1.2 ..... Inform radio coast station(s) / MRCC/ vessels in vicinity.

.2 Stand by bridge team / lookouts for information / signals of On-scene Co-ordinator.

.2.1 ..... Following information / signal received from On-scene Co-ordinator:

.3 We carry out search pattern ... / radar search.

.3.1 ..... We start search pattern ... radar search at ... UTC.

.3.1.1 .......... Inform the crew / lookouts / engine room.

.4 Bridge team / lookouts ! Keep sharp lookout for signals / sightings of the vessel in distress and report every ... minutes.

.4.1 ..... Light signals / smoke signals / sound signals / ... signals in ... degrees.

.4.2 ..... Objects / vessel in distress / lifeboat(s) / life raft(s) / person(s) in water in ... degrees

.5 Stand by rescue team / boat crews / engine room and report.

.5.1 ..... Rescue team / boat crews / engine room standing by.

.6 Transmit the following information / signals to the searching vessel(s): ... .

6.5 Rescue activities

See also B2/6.2 "Person-overboard activities"

.1 Rescue persons in following order:

................ - persons in water

................ - injured / helpless persons

................ - women and children

................ - passengers

................ - crew/members.

.2 Ask the survivor(s) the following information:

.2.1 ..... What was the total number of persons on board the vessel in distress ?

.2.1.1 ..........Total number of persons was: ... .

.2.2 ..... What was the number of casualties ?

.2.2.1 .......... Number of casualties was: ... .

.2.3 ..... What was the number of lifeboats / liferafts launched ?

.2.3.1 .......... Number of lifeboats / liferafts launched was: ... .

.2.4 ..... What was the number of persons in lifeboats / liferafts ?

.2.4.1 .......... Number of persons in lifeboats / liferafts was: ... .

.2.5 ..... What was the number of persons in water ?

.2.5.1 .......... Number of persons in water was: ... .

.3 Inform ... coast radio station about the name(s) / call sign(s) and destination of the vessel(s) with the survivors.

.3.1 ..... Inform about the number of survivors on (each) vessel.

.3.2 ..... Inform about the condition of the survivors.

.4 Inform ... coast radio station about the condition of the vessel in distress:

.4.1 ..... The vessel in distress

................ ~ capsized / sunk / adrift (near position ... ) / drifting in ... degrees.

................ ~ grounded (in position: ...).

................ ~ on fire.

................ ~ not under command.

.5 Transmit the following safety message / navigational warning: Vessel in distress (in position ...) danger to navigation.

6.6 Finishing with search and rescue operations

.1 Search and rescue finished at ... UTC.

.1.1 ..... Inform the crew / lookouts / engine room.

.2 We resume on-board routine at ... UTC.

.3 Inform the coast radio station / searching vessels about the cancellation of search and rescue.

.4 We proceed with our voyage.