United States Marine Safety Association

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United States Marine Safety Association
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United States Marine Safety Association

• Founded in 1983
• 150 Member Companies, Organizations and
  Individuals
• Representing 15 Nations
• Worked in partnership with Industry and Agencies
  for more than 20 years

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Our Expertise

• Survival and Safety Systems carried on boats and
  ships in the US and worldwide
• Equipment and Components
• Service
• Training
• Standards Regulations

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Technical Committees

• Provide a forum to address issues of importance
  to the safety maritime industries
• Act as venue for exchange of information and
  ideas with larger community
• Function as e-mail correspondence groups and
  convene meetings as necessary to address issues
• Work with other organizations agencies on
  regulatory standardization projects

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Technical Committees
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ISO Activities

• TC 8/SC-1 Marine Lifesaving Fire Protection
• Formed 1995, USMSA first chair
• WG 1 Lifesaving Appliances
• WG 3- Fire Protection
• TC 188 Small Craft
• Participate with Various Working Groups
• Liferafts
• Immersion Suits
• Life Jackets

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IMO Activities

• Immersion Suits
• Large Passenger Vessels
• Performance Based Approvals
• Lifeboat Launching Appliances

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Recent Passenger Vessel Sinkings

• Bronx Queen - 1989
• 19 on board
• 2 fatalities
• Rescue by pilot boat nearby
• El Toro 1993
• 23 on board
• 3 fatalities
• Rescue by Coast Guard

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Recent Passenger Vessel Sinkings

• Miss Majestic 1999
• 20 on board
• 13 fatalities
• Amphibious (DUKW)
• Taki Too 2003
• 19 on board
• 11 fatalities

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Recent Passenger Vessel Sinkings

• Lady D 2004
• 25 on board
• 5 fatalities
• Baltimore water taxi
• Linda Sue II 2005
• 6 on board
• No fatalities

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Recent Passenger Vessel Sinkings

• Sydney Mae II - 2005
• 5 on board
• 3 fatalities
• Ethan Allen - 2005
• 48 on board
• 20 fatalities

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Recent Passenger Vessel Sinkings

• Super Suds II 2006
• 7 on board
• 1 fatality
• The Chief 2006
• 7 on board
• No fatalities
• All hands rescued by USCG from liferaft

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Passenger Vessel Safety on Sole State Waters

• More rigorous regulatory regime necessary
• Federal Regulations should serve as basis
• Consideration be given to appropriate equipment
  carriage requirements

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Preparation for Emergencies

• Keep Passengers Safe and Out of the Water
• Prevent vessel casualties from occurring
• Vessel Standards Regulations
• Appropriate lifesaving systems
• Appropriate training for crew

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Cold Water Transport Canada - TP13822 E

• The colder the water, the sooner the
  incapacitation of the hands very shortly after
  entry immersion
• Grip strength and tactility is also reduced in
  cold water just at the critical time when it is
  needed most to initiate survival actions

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Cold Water Transport Canada - TP13822 E

• If rescue does not occur within the first 10 20
  minutes, then the ability to cling to floating
  debris, bracketed grab lines and physical
  self-rescue actions decreases
• Whenever Possible entry into water below 59
  degrees must be avoided.

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Cold Water Transport Canada - TP13822 E

• One must avoid abandoning ship into cold water
  (wet shod evacuation) if possible. Whenever
  possible, one must leave the vessel at the last
  possible time and abandon directly into a life
  raft (dry shod evacuation)

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Keeping the Vessel Afloat and Upright

• Design Construction standards
• Watertight subdivision
• STABILITY
• Fire Protection
• Passenger weight
• New standards for passenger weight
• European studies evaluating passengers as free
  surface

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Emergency Egress

• Enclosures
• Egress Marking
• Reduced visibility
• Darkness
• Smoke
• PFDs Survival Craft
• Muster Stations
• Passenger Briefing

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Training Instruction

• Crew Training Certification
• Instructional Placards for Passengers
• Labeling of Life Saving Equipment
• Stowage
• Instructions
• Briefing or Instructions to Passengers
• Location of PFDs and Survival Craft
• Muster Stations if applicable

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Lifesaving Equipment

• Alert Locate
• EPIRB

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Lifesaving Equipment

• Personal Lifesaving
• PFDs / Lifejackets
• Person Overboard Recovery
• Throwable Devices
• Overboard Recovery Systems

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Lifesaving Equipment

• Survival Craft
• Buoyant Apparatus
• Inflatable Buoyant Apparatus
• Liferaft
• Lifeboat

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Inflatable Buoyant Apparatus
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Liferaft
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International Regulations

• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• SOLAS Chapter III
• out of the water protection is the minimum
  required of any vessels lifesaving system

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RESOURCES
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IMO Cold Water Survival Guide

• Guidelines for PREVENTION
• Guidelines for TREATMENT
• Checklist for Cold Water Survival
• Checklist for Rescuers

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IMO Guide to Recovery

• ASSESS and decide upon means of recovery aboard
  your own vessel
• TRAIN in the use of these means of recovery in
  general, preparation for emergencies
• PREPARE yourselves and your vessel

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