DC

Question 1

What is the procedure for alerting the ships company to a potential collision?

Answer 1

-General alarm x3
-FMB, emergency stations, emergency stations, emergency stations, standby collision, man compartment blows, shutdown 67 bulkhead, brace, brace, brace

Question 2

What are the iniitial actions on hearing ‘‘standby collision”?

Answer 2

-shutdown 67 bulkhead
-Brace
-Shut all hatches (alongside)
(If you’re in your rack for standby collision clip yourself in)

Question 3

What is the procedure for manning compartment blows?

Answer 3

Blow and go is the preferred method for water ingress

Question 4

State the routine for phase 1 DC checks

Answer 4

-Conducted immediately after impact
-carried out by entire ships company
-Rapid checks checking for major damage, floods, fires
-Takes priority over emergency stations
-Reports required by DCHQ within 2 mins

Question 5

State the routine for phase 2 DC checks

Answer 5

-Carried out on completion of phase 1’s
-Carried out by competent watchkeepers
-Comprehensive set of rounds using a checklist
-Takes up to 1 hour
-Reports passed to DCHQ when complete

Question 6

State the routine for phase 3 DC checks

Answer 6

In depth checks require the vessel to be in the shiplift

Question 7

At what point will control still have the incident and why?

Question 8

What parts of the ship take responsibility for reporting in zones?

Answer 8

Zone 1 - plot
Zone 2 - CAMP
Zone 3 - Man rm

Question 9

What is the procedure for raising the alarm in the event of a flood?

Answer 9

-Raise the alarm until acknowledged via manual flood alarm, LVA or pipe
- This will be acknowledged via a general alarm and pipe

Question 10

Routine for breaking out and checking DC equipment

Answer 10

-Muster equipment as per the contents list
-Conduct checks to ensure contents are in working order
- Visual checks
- Contents are checked daily by an ME on duty

Question 11

State the role of FART teams

Answer 11

-Act as ABA for their section
-Conduct rounds of unmanned compartments hourly
-Ensure DC and FF equipment is mustered and correct daily

Question 12

Draw the DC organisation

Question 13

Describe DC state 1

Answer 13

-The highest state of preparedness
-Adopted if probability of damage is high
-DCHQ fully manned
-All members of the ships company are closed up

Question 14

Describe DC state 2

Answer 14

-Assumed from state 1
-Ensures all DC, FF equipment, Comms and documentation required for adoption of DC state 1 has been checked

Question 15

Describe DC state 3

Answer 15

-2x on watch SWS are nominated ABA
-Normal rounds routine
-Standard state of peacetime readiness at sea

Question 16

What does it mean for DCHQ 1 to be stood down?

Answer 16

• DCHQ 1 and 2 Comms and equipment checked daily
• FART teams deployed

Question 17

What does it mean to shut a bulkhead door?

Answer 17

-The simple act of shutting a door and locking it this does not prevent systems traversing through it as no bulkhead isolators have been shut. (This is done for 27 bulkhead in the event of a pyro incident)

Question 18

What does it mean to shutdown a bulkhead?

Answer 18

-This involves shutting and locking the bulkhead door and then shutting the necessary bulkhead isolators.

Question 19

What does balancing across bulkheads mean?

Answer 19

Equalising atmospheric pressure across a bulkhead so that the bulkhead can be reopened.