This document outlines a 15-point checklist for responding to a man overboard situation on a vessel. The checklist includes actions like deploying a lifebuoy with light and smoke signals, notifying the engine room and master of the situation, sounding emergency signals to alert other vessels, maneuvering the ship to return to the scene, posting lookouts, notifying authorities for assistance, preparing a rescue boat for launch, and documenting all actions taken in the ship's log. The full checklist is to be completed, checked off, and signed by the officer on watch and master.
This document outlines a 15-point checklist for responding to a man overboard situation on a vessel. The checklist includes actions like deploying a lifebuoy with light and smoke signals, notifying the engine room and master of the situation, sounding emergency signals to alert other vessels, maneuvering the ship to return to the scene, posting lookouts, notifying authorities for assistance, preparing a rescue boat for launch, and documenting all actions taken in the ship's log. The full checklist is to be completed, checked off, and signed by the officer on watch and master.
This document outlines a 15-point checklist for responding to a man overboard situation on a vessel. The checklist includes actions like deploying a lifebuoy with light and smoke signals, notifying the engine room and master of the situation, sounding emergency signals to alert other vessels, maneuvering the ship to return to the scene, posting lookouts, notifying authorities for assistance, preparing a rescue boat for launch, and documenting all actions taken in the ship's log. The full checklist is to be completed, checked off, and signed by the officer on watch and master.
1. LIFEBUOY WITH SELF-IGNITING LIGHT & SMOKE SIGNAL RELEASE. ( ) 2. MASTER & ENGINE ROOM INFORMED, TIME & POSITION OF ( ) RELEASED LIFEBUOY AS SEARCH DATUM NOTED. 3. EMERGENCY SIGNAL & ADDITIONAL 3 LONG BLASTS TO BE ( ) SOUND TO NOTIFY OTHER VESSELS FOR MAN-OVERBOARD RESCUE OPERATION & REPEATAS NECESSARY. 4. BRING THE SHIP BACK TO THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT WITHIN ( ) A SUITABLE MANOEUVER & EMERGENCY TURN. 5. LOOKOUTS POSTED TO KEEP MISSING PERSON OR BUOY IN ( ) SIGHT 6. UPDATED SHIP POSITION, MAN-OVERBOARD WARNING BOARD ( ) CASTED, NOTIFIED SHIPS, COAST RADIO STATIONS & SEARCH & RESCUE CENTERS FOR ASSISTANCE REQUIRED. 7. REPORT INCIDENT TO COMPANY AS PER ECM-03, FOLLOW-UP ( ) STATUS REPORT AT INTERVALS. 8. RESCUE BOAT CREW & SUPPORT CREW MUSTERED & READY ( ) BOAT FOR LAUNCHING. 9. ENGINE STANDBY & SHIP MANOEUVERED TO RECOVER PERSON; ( ) POSITION OF VESSEL RELATIVE TO MAN OVERBOARD PLOTTED. 10. COMMUNICATION MEANS WITH RESCUE BOAT ARRANGED & BOAT ( ) LAUNCHED; SEARCH & RESCUE OPERATION STARTED. 11. IF MISSING PERSON IS FOUND INJURED, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IS ( ) REQUESTED AS APPROPRIATE. 12. IF NOTHING IS FOUND IMMEDIATELY, A SEARCH OPERATION IS ( ) ORGANIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IMO ‘MERSAR’. 13. IF MISSING PERSON IS NOT FOUND OR IS FOUND DEAD OR ( ) SERIOUS INJURED, REPORT TO COMPANY WITH ACCIDENT REPORT. 14. NOTIFIED AGENT / CHARTER FOR CHANGE OF ETA WITH REASONS ( ) 15. ALL ACTIONS TAKEN TO BE ENTERED IN SHIP’S LOG & RECORD ( ) OF COMMUNICATION TO BE MAINTAINED.
TIME (GMT): ___________________ SHIP’S POSITION: __________________
__________________________ ________________________ NAME & SIGNATURE OF O.O.W. VERIFIED BY MASTER