Emergencies On Board

This video will introduce you to:

On-board emergencies and how to handle various emergency situations such as man over board, medical evacuation, fire, groundings, and hull damage etc.

General advice

Distress signal

Safety signal

Basic radio procedure

Distress alert from vessel

Distress alert from aircraft.

EPIRB and ELTs.

Additional equipments.

Vessel distress message.

Cancellation of distress message.

Medical evacuation (MEDEVAC).

Person overboard.

Immediate action.

Standard manoeuvres – Williamson turn.

One turn(single turn, Anderson turn and etc).

Scharnov turn.

Fire on board.

Grounding.

Hull damages.

Abandoning ship.

Medical emergency .

Pirates and armed robbers.

Search Techniques and Operations - Planning And Conducting Search

This video will introduce you to:

How search patterns and procedures must be planned order to execute operations with minimum risks and delay.

Planning the search.

Visual search.

Track spacing.

Parallel seep search.

Search area.

Expanding square search.

Sector search.

Track line search.

Parallel sweep search.

Coordinated vessel aircraft search patterns.

Initiation of search.

Restricted visibility.

Rader search .

Land search patterns.

Visual ground search.

SAR briefing, debriefing and tasking.

Navigational inaccuracies of searching ships.

Point to remember.

Maneuvering during a search.

Unsuccessful search.

Search successful.

Conclusion of the search.

How On Scene Coordinator (SAR) Planned And Executed

This video will introduce you to:

How on scene coordination may be planned and executed.

Requirements for coordination.

Coordination of search and rescue authorities.

On-scene coordination.

Designation of on-scene coordinator (OSC).

On-scene coordinator duties.

Aircraft coordinator.

SAR operation risks.

On-scene communications.

OSC communications.

Situation reports.

Initial SITREPs.

SITREPs on scene.

RCC and RSC communications.

SITREPs examples.

Procedures For Assisting Vessels, Aircraft And Helicopters

This video will introduce you to:

Procedures for assisting vessels, aircraft and
helicopters.

Basic search pattern theory and lookout procedures.

Introduction to rescue equipment.

Methods of distress notification.

Immediate action.

The assisting vessel.

On-board preparation.

Signaling equipment

Medical equipment.

Miscellaneous equipment.

Vessel not assisting.

The search action plan.

Developing own search planning.

Visual communications.

Visual means of communication.

Observers.

Supply dropping.

Assistance by helicopters.

Evacuation equipment.

The double lift method.

Rescue net.

Rescue litter.

Helicopter operations.

Communication ship/helicopter.

Safety preparations.

Rescue by maritime facilities.

Assisting to ditching aircraft.

Pilot information.

Ship position relative to ditching aircraft.

Rescue by aircraft.

Seaplanes and amphibians.

Rescue by land facilities.

Aircraft crash sites.

Care of survivors.

Handling of deceased persons.

Consideration for transport.

Contact with the media.

Assistance from ships.

Training of search and rescue personnel.

Minimum training requirements.

IAMSAR Overview

This video will introduce you to:

The responsibility of search and rescue organization.

The responsibility of its Co-coordinator.

Responsibilities and obligation to assist.

National and regional SAR system organization.

SAR coordination.

SAR coordinators.

SAR mission coordinator.

On-scene coordinator.

Search and rescue organization.