675-Emergency and Contingency / 748
SMS Section
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Em
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BOS-MNL-03.901100
Version 04. Original date: 25/05/2012. Version date: 31/12/2014. Valid version only on QMS site.
Manual prepared by: BOS QHSES Manager. Approved by: BOS QHSES Manager. Validated by: BOS Quality Representative.
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Introduction
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Main
Ob
jective
Establish an emergency-preparedness system and regularly test it to ensure an ongoing ability to react
effectively to an incident.
While every effort is made to avoid incidents and accidents, it is important to have measures in place to deal
with the consequences of any unplanned event.
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Contin
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P
lan
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The Company
shall
establish shore based and shipboard contingency plans and provisions for regularly
exercising them, so that shore based and shipboard organisations can respond effectively at anytime to
hazards, accidents and emergencies involving the vessel. The plans
shall
specify:
x
The scheduling of drills and exercises for responding to emergencies;
x
Methods for recording the results of and lessons learnt from drills and exercises.
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D
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E
xerci
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The Company
shall
conduct regular, realistic emergency drills and exercises that test and improve the
capability of crews and shore based staff to deal with a real incident. In addition, consideration
shall
be given
to:
x
How lessons learnt from drills and exercises will be implemented;
x
The frequency of drills and exercises, taking into account training requirements.
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Mana
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m
ent
The Company
shall
establish and maintain procedures to minimise the effect of a security related incident.
Such procedures
shall
include security in port and at sea. Events to be considered include dealing with
terrorism, piracy, armed robbery, activists, navigation in hostile waters, refugees, stowaways, contraband
and other smuggling
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