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CHAPTER 5: OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS
CHAPTER 5: OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS
Pages 35-44
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The draft circular requires "that individuals serving as master or mate on inspected submersibles will be required to possess the appropriate license" and "that license must authorize service on inspected passenger carrying vessels of similar gross tonnage and route." In the case of currently operated tourist submersibles, this is a 100-ton near coastal license, which must contain an endorsement for the submersible or class of submersibles to be operated. The draft
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For a submersible pilot the physical requirements should be at least the equivalent of a Federal Aviation Administration's third class medical certificate. Recommendations Relating to Manning, Training, and Licensing Manning of the tourist submersible, Deny, and surface support safety boat must account for the possibility of incapacitation of the master by including at least one other individual who is qualified (through accredited training, practical demonstration, or formal eucan~inationJ to operate the vessel.
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, and ferrying and transferring passengers.~l7 Normal operations and their impact on passenger management issues can be discussed in terms of shore site, ferry boat, and submersible operations. Shore Site Shore site operations consist of activities in which passengers may make inquiries, purchase tickets, and rendezvous for the trip to the submersible.
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This can present a problem in passenger management when there is a full load on the submersible and a full load on the ferry. Embarking and debarking passengers should be separated on the ferry boat, should debark and embark from different locations, and should debark and embark at approximately the same rate.
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· During the time it takes to surface and evacuate, provisions should be made for personnel protection from hazards such as smoke or toxic vapors in the event of a fire, or flooding in the case of hull damage. For purposes of the present report, abnormal and emergency operations as they affect passenger management can be discussed in relation to seven hazard scenarios in the system safety analysis developed by the Transportation Systems Center for the Coast Guard.2s These scenarios are fire, flooding, inability to ascend or descend, collision, vessel isolation, air contamination, and passenger illness or injury.
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, and specifically recommends that Guidelines should be established regarding passenger indoctrinations The committee believes that the operations manual and safety plan should contain a specific section on passenger management dealing with all of the issues previously discussed in this chapter for normal and emergency operations ashore and at sea. Training in Passenger Management Passenger management for both normal and emergency operations will be facilitated greatly by proper design of the submersible and availability of appropriate procedures in the operations manual and safety plan.
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The curriculum should include, as a ntmlmum: basic first aid, life support requirements and equipment, passenger management and emergency procedures, · crisis management, and · passenger safer indoctrination. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PI^NNING Importance of Contingency Planning and Preparation The purpose of contingency plans for use in the event of an emergency is to make possible a rapid and safe response to the emergency.
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They should make provisions for loss of the support craft as well as loss of the submersible. Above all, emergency response planning must consider the nature of accidents and emergency situations, and the human errors and failures that can lead to them, as well as the possibility of simultaneous accidents involving more than one aspect of the operation.
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