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APPENDIX E: CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND PREPARATION
Pages 104-107

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From page 104...
... , experienced search personnel and ships are some of the capabilities they may be able to provide. Both fleet submarine force commanders have submarine rescue plans and personnel.
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From page 105...
... (The Navy's experience with the space shuttle Challenger disaster, as well as many other similar experiences, shows this to be the case.) Emergency Medical Plan Medical problems associated with the possible rescue of personnel from a lost submersible can be outside the normal understanding of the local medical community and require someone who understands submarine medicine.
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From page 106...
... Emergency Gas Support Plan This item is intended to include both compressed air and other compressed gases that might be required to sustain the life support system in a sunken submersible and rescue or salvage the submersible. Public Affairs Plan This might seem a minor point, but in the event of a serious disaster, the lack of such a plan can and will detract from the ability of all responsible parties to work on the real problem, as they will be continually pulled away to brief the press.
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From page 107...
... Operational features which will facilitate rescue or salvage in an emergency are: · mutual assistance plans among operators and others; · prior planning with the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard elements who would be involved in any rescue attempt; · exchange of plans with above in order to ensure optimum coordination; and · coordinated communications plans, including radio frequency assignments, that include means for rapid contact with nearby Coast Guard and Navy facilities capable of rapid response help.
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