3.3 Emergency and abnormal procedures
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3.3 Emergency and abnormal procedures

 Emergency and abnormal procedures are essential for optimum Workload Management.

 The emergency procedures refer to SOLAS Conference 29.11.1995 ’Decision support system for masters on passenger ships (SOLAS/Conf.3/46, Annex, page 14, regulation 24.4). Operation of Integrated Navigation, Control and Communication systems should be considered in the following procedures:

  • Blackout;
  • Fire;
  • Stranding;
  • Collision;
  • Man-over-board situations;
  • Unlawful acts threatening the safety of the ship and the security of its passengers and crew;
  • Emergency assistance to other ships;
  • (the list is not complete)

 All emergency procedures should be presented in a logical structure, e.g. by listing each emergency control mode in the form of a checklist, and by providing appropriate overviews.

 The abnormal procedures should focus on alarms and items not generally needed in normal operation. Typical situations are sub-system failures that require decisions regarding the level of automation to be used.

 Both emergency and abnormal procedures should carefully consider the failure analysis of the system.

 A list of alarms of different subsystems should be harmonized to cover the whole Integrated Bridge System (IBS). Special emphasis should be laid on operational procedures in case of an alarm to switch the system on a lower automation level, manual mode or to switch sensor.

Note All checklists based on Standard Operational Procedures should be provided in an easy-to-handle, concise and durable form.

Parent topic: 3 Bridge procedures
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