Damage Control Rapid Plotting

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Damage Control Rapid Plotting SymbologyLesson
Topic 2.2
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• Enabling Objectives
• Record damage control messages
• Record casualties on isometric damage control
• Describe the purpose of isometric damage control
  diagrams status boards and logs Match damage
  control symbols to the situation they represent
• Match damage control symbols to the situations
  they represent DCAMS and Rapid Plotting

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Mechanics of Plotting

• Subdivision and Access Diagrams, (DC Plates
  number 2 and 3).
• (1) All information is initially plotted on
  these two plates.
• (2) They provide a summary of
• -All damage reported
• -Status of recovery actions
• -Record of repairs/overhaul.

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Mechanics of Plotting
(3) After the initial damage information is
plotted on these plates, the specific system
plate is used.
WARNING DC PLATES HAVE SHARP CORNERS AND EDGES
WHICH CAN WHICH CAN CAUSE CUTS.
Plotting Methods (1) If symbology is plotted in
the damaged space, it will not be long before the
plates are covered with marks and adjacent
details obscured.
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Mechanics of Plotting
(2) Examples of plotting methods are

• Line Method
• Box Method
• Column Method

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Initiatives to ImproveDC Plotting

• Rapid plotting symbology
• Rapid plotting message blanks
• DC casualty checklists
• Developed DCAMS (Damage Control Action Management
  Software)
• Incorporated Shipboard flag training kits

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Rapid Plotting Symbology

• Replace triangle symbology
• Simplifies plotting
• Improves display of symbology on DC plates
• Will appear in revision of NSTM 079, vol. 2,
  Practical Damage Control

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Damage Control Rapid Plotting

• Universal symbology standard of circle and
  slashes combined with simplified plotting
  requirements.
• The circle and slash system eliminates the
  requirement to have several flags on the side of
  the triangle.
• Simplified plotting requirements are accomplished
  with check sheets.

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Damage Control Rapid Plotting

• Check sheets similar to the Main Space Fire
  Doctrine will replace the cluttered plotting
  details that obscure the big picture of the ships
  condition with noise.
• Check sheets are designed to provide guidance
  through the casualty process, track and document
  details and events.
• Check sheets eliminate the requirement to plot
  things such as mechanical and electrical
  isolation.
• Checklist examples can be found at
  http//www.dcfp.navy.mill as DC Tricks of the
  Trade 007 in the DC Library.

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Mechanics of plotting

• Subdivision DC Plates number 2 and 3
• All information initially plotted on these plates
• They provide a summary of
• All damage reported
• Status of recovery actions
• Repairs/overhaul
• After the initial damage plotted, the specific
  system plate is used

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Mechanics of plotting

• Plotting Methods
• Line Method
• Box Method
• Column Method
• Plotting Tips
• Use a dash, followed by the letter "P" or "S" to
  show fire boundaries
• "P" primary
• "S" secondary

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Mechanics of plotting

• Plotting Methods (cont.)
• Circle Cut Out Valve(s) (COV)
• Use an "X" on systems at the point a rupture
  occurs
• Tracing a system, circle the valves and indicate
  whether open or shut
• When making casualty power runs, circle source of
  power and terminals

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Mechanics of plotting

• Symbology
• Information Required on Message Blanks
• Damage must be pinpointed
• Compartment number, frame number, side etc..
• messages must have the time the message was
  written
• messages must have who it is from and to whom it
  is going

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Mechanics of plotting

• Symbology (cont.)
• Fire boundaries and flooding reports must have
  primary and secondary boundaries listed
• Installed system messages require the following
• Time activated/released, secured
• Group number (if required)
• Ruptured lines message will contain cut-out
  valve(s) used

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Mechanics of plotting

• Symbology (cont.)
• Hot and jammed, unjammed, sprung fitting, and
  shoring messages will have the type of fitting on
  them plus the damage control fitting number
• Flooding water, progressive flooding, progressive
  flooding contaminated, and fire fighting water
  messages will contain the number of inches or
  feet
• Only one report per message blank

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Mechanics of plotting

• Personnel Requiring Symbology Knowledge
• DCA
• Repair Party Leader
• On scene leader
• Team Leader
• Investigators
• Messengers/Phone talkers
• Plotter
• All hands

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Rapid Plotting Symbology

• Three symbols represent key events in a casualty.
• Example for Class Alpha fire
• Casualty Reported
• Casualty Engaged
• No Casualty
• (Fire is out.)

A
A
A
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Rapid Plotting Symbology

• Example for ruptured piping
• Casualty Reported
• System
• Casualty Engaged
• No Casualty
• (Rupture is repaired
• or bypassed.)

R
FM
R
R
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NSTM 079 DCAMS 5.02 Casualty Icons
Hole in Deck - Below Reported, Engaged, No
Smoke (unknown) Reported, Engaged, No
Fire (unspecified) Reported, Engaged, No
Black Smoke Reported, Engaged, No
Hole in Deck - Over Reported, Engaged, No
Fire (Class A) Reported, Engaged, No
Fire (Class B) Reported, Engaged, No
White Smoke Reported, Engaged, No
Hole in Bulkhead Reported, Engaged, No
Fire (Class C) Reported, Engaged, No
Flooding Reported, Engaged, No
Fragmentation Reported, Engaged, No
Heat Transfer Reported
Debris Reported, Engaged, No
Fire (Class D) Reported, Engaged, No
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NSTM 079 DCAMS 5.02 Casualty Icons
Rupture Reported, Engaged, No
AFFF Rupture Reported, Engaged, No
Rupture-Potable Water Reported, Engaged, No
Rupture - Fire Main Reported, Engaged, No
Rupture - Chill Water Reported, Engaged, No
Rupture - Steam Reported, Engaged, No
Rupture- Fuel Oil Reported, Engaged, No
Rupture- Electrical Cooling Water Reported,
Engaged, No
Rupture- Salt Water Reported, Engaged, No
Rupture- JP5 Reported, Engaged, No
Rupture- Hydraulic Oil Reported, Engaged, No
Rupture-Lube Oil Reported, Engaged, No
Rupture-Pressurized Air Reported, Engaged, No
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NSTM 079 DCAMS 5.02 Casualty Icons
Point of Impact Reported, Engaged, No
Communications Lost Reported, Engaged, No
Chemical Hazard Reported, Engaged, No
Structural Damage Reported, Engaged, No
Mechanical Failure Reported, Engaged, No
Biohazard Reported, Engaged, No
Electrical Power Lost Reported, Engaged, No
Mechanical Damage Reported, Engaged, No
Radiation Hazard Reported, Engaged, No
Electrical Damage Reported, Engaged, No
HAZMAT/Toxic Spill Reported, Engaged, No
Casualty Power Lost Reported, Engaged, No
Unexploded Ordnance Reported, Engaged, No
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Damage Control Checklist
Decision Aids Request Action Enhanced
Communications
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Shipboard Flag Training Kits

• Damage Control Training Teams / Afloat Training
  Groups use the standardized kits to nonverbally
  initiate and conduct damage control drills.
• Flags have Rapid Plotting Symbology printed on
  them to alert Investigators and other shipboard
  personnel to specific casualties.
• Provides crew with continuous exposure to Rapid
  Plotting Symbology.

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Rapid Plotting Message Blanks

• Rapid plotting message blanks and DC plates will
  be used as a backup if Automated Damage Control
  Software or wireless communications fail.
• Rapid plotting message blanks use three symbols
  instead of the six symbols employed with the
  triangle system.

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Mechanics of plotting Casualties

• Three primary reports are recorded on the DC
  plates 2 3 that represent the key events in the
  casualty
• Casualty reported
• Casualty Engaged
• No Casualty

A
A
A
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Mechanics of plotting(cont)

• Message blank
• Time and sequential number
• Who it is from and to whom it is going
• Compartment number, frame number, remarks etc..
• Damage must be pinpointed (Port/Stbd, Deck/ Ovhd,
  Fwd/Aft)
• Fire/smoke/flooding boundary reports shall have
  primary and secondary boundaries listed

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Mechanics of Plotting (cont)

• Installed system messages require the following
• System (Halon, AFFF, APC, Bilge Spr, CMWD)
• Time activated/released, secured
• Group number (if required)
• Ruptured piping messages shall contain
• Cut-out valve(s) used
• System if known
• Affected system(s)

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Five Sections of the Rapid Plotting Message Blank
1. Originator / Time
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
FM INV - SL
DCRS 2
2. Casualty Space / Remarks
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
COMPT. /NAME
3. Casualty Symbology
FRAME
REMARKS
OVHD
FWD
4. Specific Location of Damage
STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
5. Boundaries
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Rapid Plotting Message Blank
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO

• Rapid plotting message blanks
• must be tailored in section 1 to
• your specific ship

FM INV - SL
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
COMPT. /NAME
FRAME
REMARKS
OVHD
FWD
STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Reverse Side of Message Blank
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Addressing the Message
First message of the set
1
1627
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
Sent at1627
R
FM INV - SL
FM
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
1627
1
DCC
2-58-2-Q
COMPT. /NAME
FM Fire Marshal INVInvestigator SL On Scene
Leader
60
FRAME
REMARKS
OVHD
FWD
STBD
PORT
From the Fire Marshal
AFT
S P P S
DECK
To DCRS 5
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Addressing Others
First message of the set
Sent at1627

• Other Teams / Locations
• Bridge
• Medical / Triage
• CCA
• Decon stations
• Air staging area
• Hangar
• Weather deck
• Secondary DCC
• Secondary Conn

1627
1
TIME NUMBER FROM
TO

Triage
FM INV - SL
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
From Triage area
FM Fire Marshal INVInvestigator SL On Scene
Leader
To DCRS 5
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Casualty Space / Frame / Remarks
1
1627
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
R
2-58-2-Q
Compt. / Name
FM INV - SL
FM
DCRS 2
60
DCRS 3
FRAME
DCRS 5
DCC
REMARKS
2-58-2-Q
COMPT. /NAME
60
At Frame 60
FRAME
In space 2-58-2-Q
REMARKS
OVHD
FWD
Casualty Space / Remarks Section
STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Casualty Symbology
1
1627
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
R
R
FM INV - SL
FM
Reported
DCRS 2
FM
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
2-58-2-Q
COMPT. /NAME
60
FRAME
REMARKS
Engaged
OVHD
FWD
No Casualty
STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
A note area is located below each report box.
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Note Area

• Write amplifying information in the Note Area.
  Acceptable information includes, but is not
  limited to
• Smoke List color of smoke
• Fire extinguishing system List system type,
  time
• manned, time activated / secured
• Flooding List depth (in feet and inches),
  dewatering equipment used, if water is clean or
  contaminated
• Firefighting water List depth (in feet and
  inches) and dewatering equipment used or
  recommended
• Progressive flooding List depth of water (in
  feet and inches) and dewatering equipment used or
  recommended, approximate rate of water entering
• Ruptured piping system List system type, cut
  out valve numbers, sys effected
• Structural damage List type of damage and
  recommended shoring used
• Jammed fitting List fitting number and type

S
BLACK
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Note Area(cont)

• Hole List size of hole (in feet and inches)
• Communications lost List circuit(s)
• Electrical damage List equipment or system
• Mechanical failure List equipment or system
• Personnel casualty List persons name and
  billet (if known)
• Weapon casualty List weapon type
• Toxic gas List hazard (if known)
• Chemical contamination List agent (if known)
  and location
• Biological contamination List agent (if known)
  and location
• Radiological contamination List intensity (if
  known) and

H
10 IN
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Leak is in the overhead.
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
R
OVHD
FM INV - SL
FM
FWD
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
2-58-2-Q
COMPT. /NAME
PORT
60
FRAME
STBD
REMARKS
OVHD
AFT
FWD
DECK
STBD
PORT
Leak is on the port side of the space in
the overhead.
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Mechanics of plotting Boundaries
Three primary reports are recorded on the DC
plates 23 that represent the two key events in
setting Boundaries Boundaries Ordered
Boundaries Set
FB
FB
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Mechanics of plotting Boundaries
FB - Fire Boundary Primary and secondary around
fire. SB - Smoke Boundary Smoke Primary and
secondary around smoke. FLB - Flooding
Boundary Flooding Boundary Primary and
secondary around Flooding. CB - Casualty
Boundary Casualty Boundary Primary and
secondary around multi casualty area. Example A
missile strikes the ship aft, casualty boundaries
are set around the area.
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Boundaries

Boundaries Ordered indicated by dash
Flooding Boundary Set
BOUNDARIES
S P P S
FB - SB - FLB - CB
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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68
77
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Boundaries Set indicated by circle
Secondary- FWD
Secondary-AFT
Pr ima r y - FWD
Pr ima r y -AFT
FB - Fire Boundary SB - Smoke
Boundary FLB - Flooding Boundary CB -
Casualty Boundary
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Boundaries

6
1635
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
Flooding Boundary Set
FM INV - SL
DCRS 2
BOUNDARIES
S P P S
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
2-58-2-Q
COMPT. /NAME
FB - SB - FLB - CB
44
68
77
58
60
FRAME
REMARKS
OVHD
Secondary- FWD
Secondary-AFT
Pr ima r y - FWD
Pr ima r y -AFT
FWD
FB - Fire Boundary SB - Smoke
Boundary FLB - Flooding Boundary CB -
Casualty Boundary
STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
Boundaries section
BOUNDARIES
44
77
68
58
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Manual Plotting Methods

• Box Method
• Line Method
• Column Method

B
FB
77
68
58
44
1726
B
FB
1726
68
58
44
77
B
1726
FB
77
68
58
44
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Box Method
1610
1
B
2-60-0-E
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S P P S
2-60-0-E
1614
2
S
S
B
Black
Black
1610
1614
2-60-0-E
S P P S
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Line Method
1610
1
B
2-60-0-E
38
S P P S
1614
2
S
Black
2-60-0-E
S
B
Black
1610
1614
S P P S

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Column Method
1610
1
B
2-60-0-E
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B
1610
S P P S
S
Black
1614
1614
2
S
Black
2-60-0-E
S P P S

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The following seven slides display message
writing examples for

• Fire
• Flooding (2)
• Ruptured Piping
• Structural Damage (2)
• Chemical Attack

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Fire
9
1623
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
FM INV - SL
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
2-210-2-A
COMPT. /NAME
FRAME
REMARKS
OVHD
FWD
STBD
PORT
A
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Flooding
1
1623
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
FL
FM INV - SL
5 FT 6 IN
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
2-210-2-A
COMPT. /NAME
FRAME
Clean SW
REMARKS
OVHD
FWD
STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Fire
9
1623
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
FM INV - SL
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
2-210-2-A
COMPT. /NAME
FRAME
REMARKS
OVHD
FWD
STBD
PORT
A
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Flooding
2
1632
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
FM INV - SL
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
2-210-2-A
COMPT. /NAME
FRAME
FL
REMARKS
OVHD
2FT 4 IN
FWD
ESP
STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Ruptured Piping
3
1623
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
FM INV - SL
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
2-210-2-A
COMPT. /NAME
FRAME
COV2-218-2
R
REMARKS
OVHD
FM
FWD
STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Structural Damage
1
1623
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
STR
FM INV - SL
SAG
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
2-210-2-A
COMPT. /NAME
226
FRAME
REMARKS
OVHD
FWD
STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Structural Damage
2
1623
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
FM INV - SL
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
2-210-2-A
COMPT. /NAME
231
FRAME
STR
Steel Shoring I type
REMARKS
OVHD
Sag
FWD

STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Chemical Attack
1
1623
TIME
NUMBER FROM TO
CHM
FM INV - SL
Nerve
DCRS 2
DCRS 3
DCRS 5
DCC
weather deck
M-9
COMPT. /NAME
162
FRAME
MWB davit
REMARKS
OVHD
FWD
STBD
PORT
AFT
S P P S
DECK
BOUNDARIES
FB - SB - FLB - CB
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Summary and Review

• Mechanics of Plotting
• Subdivision and Access Plates
• Plotting Methods
• Plotting Tips
• Symbology
• Information Required on Message Blanks
• Personnel Requiring Symbology Knowledge

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Summary and Review

• Simple in concept
• User Friendly
• Supported by shipboard flag training kit.
• Provides a clear Big Picture
• Support transition from paper to standard
  e-Damage Control, DCAMS software, Laptops in
  DCRS, PDAs at the scene and wireless data.