PSSR D2
Drills & Muster
Muster Lists
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• Behind cabin doors
• Prominently displayed throughout the vessel
Muster Lists provide –
• The meanings of the emergency signals •
Emergency duties
• • Location of my Muster Station
Examples of emergency duties
• • Membership of Fire Response Team
• • Survival craft boarding, launching &
operation
• • Membership of the Damage Control Team
• • Assisting passengers to don lifejackets and
guidance to Muster Station
• • Reassure others in an emergency
General Alarm
• • If time permits, put on extra clothing
• • Don lifejacket or Immersion Suit as
appropriate
• • Go directly to my Muster Station
• • Obey any instructions given on the PA
• • Find out the nature of the emergency
• • Prepare to perform emergency duties as
appropriate
Abandon Ship Alarm
• • Perform emergency duties
• • Lifeboats are lowered to the embarkation
deck and boarded
• • Liferafts are launched and inflated
Abandon Ship Command
• • Abandon ship immediately
• • Avoid getting wet if possible
• • If the survival craft must be boarded from the
sea, use a ladder instead of jumping into the
water if possible & step into the survival craft
from the ship if possible
• • Keep warm & turn on my lifejacket light & put
the whistle in my mouth before my fingers go
numb
• • If I must enter the water, board a survival craft
as soon as possible to avoid hypothermia
Drills & training
• • Required under Marine Orders, SOLAS,
MARPOL, STCW & the ISM Code
• • Enables me to replace panic with a logical &
pre-programmed sequence of events to follow
International Safety Management
(ISM) Code
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• Empowered by Marine Orders
• Provides international safety standards for ships
• Procedures for Pollution prevention
• Details the responsibilities of the Company, The Ship and
the Individual
• Document of Compliance issued by the authority is valid
for up to 5 years
• Subject to cancellation following inspection
• Master must not take the ship to sea without a Document
of Compliance
• Penal provisions for non-compliance
• Can detain a vessel for non-compliance
Internal Communications
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• Telephone
• Public Address system
• Emergency loud hailer
• Lifeboat VHF Radio
• Mobile radio transceivers
• Emergency alarms
• Intercoms
Emergency Escape Routes
• • Usually found in spaces where there is only
one other route to the deck from the space
• • Infrequently used in normal ship operations
• • Might be accessible through a hatch which is
normally closed
• • Locations can be found on the ship’s Fire
Control Plan
Citadel
• • A secure place where the crew can seek protection from
imminent boarding by pirates
• • Location difficult for pirates to find
• • Fully secured from all entrances including hatches & vents
• • Should enable crew to deny pirates’ access to propulsion
& other essential systems
• • Should enable the crew to navigate the ship
• • Adequate ventilation and space for the size of the crew
• • The six sides of the Citadel should be able to withstand a
fire in an adjoining space