Managing Marine Emergencies
High Level Management
Govt Decision
IRCG
• Marine Casualties
– IRCG co-ordinates and directs all marine emergency casualty
response
– Salvage plan approval/monitoring/intervention
• At Sea Pollution Response
– IRCG co-ordinates and directs at sea pollution response
• Shoreline Pollution Response
– Directed and co-ordinated by the IRCG
– Shoreline cleanup carried out by local authorities
– Local Authorities/Ports must have a contingency plan and
carryout training and exercises
Role & Responsibilities
Major Incident Response
• Lead Govt Department
• Principal Support Role
DTTAS
IRCG
Local Authorities
Other potential Support Roles
CIL
Harbour Masters
Port Authorities
DoD
AGS
HSE
Economic health of the State depends on Shipping
Safe form of transport
What can go wrong?
Collision
Grounding
Fire & Explosion
Sinking
Mechanical & structural Failure
As a result of an incident
Important Question is always
• Is there any Danger, damage, loss
– People
– Ship and Cargo
– Environment
• How to minimise
Consider
Where, What, How much,
Impact –Population -Environment
CONSIDER
Type
Bulk Carrier
Tanker oil/LNG/LPG
Chemical/
Ore Bulk Oil
Container Vessel
General Cargo
Passenger
Size
Construction & Layout
WT compartments
Loading discharging fac
Power sources
Cargo Type
IMDG
Quantity
Liquid/Solid
How to shift
Fuel/Bunkers
• Type of vessel
Stability of vessel/Cargo/Bunkers
• Location of the vessel
– Sand/rocky coastline
– Water depth
– Prevailing weather conditions
• Health Safety & Security
– Population/Responders
• Environmental Sensitive areas
• Socio -Economic
The Parties involved
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Ship Owner Manager
The Ship Master
Cargo interests
Average adjuster
P & I insurance
H&M Insurance
MSO
Coast Guard
Port Authority
Local Authority
Salvors
Dept of Environment
Dept of Agriculture
NPWS
Local Fishermen
Local Tourism interests etc etc etc etc etc
• Local , National & international Media
Command and control managing the response to a
major pollution incident from shipping
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Major Shipping Pollution Incident
Activate the NCP
NMOC
MRCC/MRSC
Ship Casualty
At Sea Pollution
Response
Shoreline Pollution Cleanup
Co-ordinates
SAR
Co-ordinates
and directs all
response issues
Co-ordinates and
directs at sea and
aerial response
Operations
IRCG
Directed and co-ordinated
by IRCG
IRCG
IRCG
Shoreline Response Centre
Managed and manned by
Local Authority
Shore Response Centre
SRC Organisational Structure
This group should comprise
the major players and
responsible party
EXECUTIVE COMMANDER
Incident Manager/Incident Command Team
External Liasion
Planning
Operations
Logistics
Finance
The above four functional groups can be made up from authorities,
insurers, contractors, oil company personnel and others
SHORELINE RESPONSE CENTRE
SRC
Beachmaster
Beachmaster
Beachmaster
Role & Responsibilities Emergency
Planning
• Lead Govt Department
• Principal Support Role
DTTAS
IRCG
Local Authorities
Other potential Support Roles
CIL
Harbour Masters
Port Authorities
DoD
AGS
HSE
Framework for Major Emergency Management
Illustration of Co-ordination Centres During Response
Level of
Emergency
Onsite
Local
Co-ordination Co-ordination
Centre
Centre
Local Major
Emergency
Local Interagency
Co-ordination
On site
Co-ordination
Beachmaster
Regional Level On site
Co-ordination Co-ordination
National
Emergency
Plan
Local Interagency
Co-ordination
Regional
Co-ordination
Centre
Regional
Co-ordination, but
only if needed and
appropriate
Support role for
local response
Shore Response Centre
Monitoring Role Monitoring role
Local InterSupport for local
agency
response
Co-ordination
Framework Doc MEM page 44
Lead Govt Dept.
Centre and/or
NECC
May be better
suited for measure
of essential Coordination than
Regional Centre
National
Co-ordination
Major Emergency
• Major Emergency declared by authorised
person of the PRA as a result of situation
appraisal by the senior ranking officer of the
emergency response teams on site.
– Local/Regional Emergency
Beachmaster/Incident Manager
Incident Site
• PRA “Controller of Operations” at site of emergency
– Lead Agency –specific PRA assigned Co-ordination
– On site Co-ordination Centre
Major Emergency
IAMEAC in MER
Crisis Management Team
Strategic Level management group within each
PRA
– Manage, control and co-ordinate Agencys
response
– Support “Controller of Operations”
– Liaise with National HQs and Govt Depts on
strategic issues
– Interagency Co-ordination Groups
Major Emergency
Regional Co-ordination Groups
• Regional Level emergency declared
• Mutual aid, support and co-ordination
facilities activated within a region
• Regional Steering Group
• Single Regional Co-ordination Centre
Shore Response Centre
Lead Govt. Dept.
National Emergency Co-ordination Centre
• Incident poses a threat to public safety or health,
social and economic functioning, damage to
infrastructure, property or to the environment on a
scale that requires a co-ordinated national response
• Lead Govt Dept nominated to manage national level
issues to ensure information is provided to the public
– Strategic Emergency Planning Guidance Document
Lead Govt. Dept.
National Emergency Co-ordination Centre
• Role is to initiate the relevant national emergency
crisis response and to provide the mechanism for
appropriate co-ordination of a national level
response and linking the local response as
appropriate.
• Lead Govt Dept convenes the National Co-ordination
Group.
Lead Government Department
• Determine hierarchy of priorities
• Arrangements for information management
• Implement public information strategy thru’ Government
Information Service
– Key information/message
– Manage information on Web sites monitor social media
– Co-ordination of Media messages various agencies
– Type of Media
– Briefings
– Local and/or National
– Subject matter Specialist Advice
– Briefing Ministers
Clipper Cheyanne 2002
SAR-Containment-Clean up-salvage
SAR
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Ships Captain
Coast Guard
HSE -Ambulance
Shoreline Response Centre
SRC
Planning
Logistics
Finance
Operations
Media communications
Protection
Containment
Recovery
Waste Disposal
ONSCENE
Shore line Response Centre
Protection Containment Recovery
• Harbour Master
• Tier 2 responder company
• Local Authority