SAILING & POWER EVENTS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN Purpose Personal safety of distressed vessels crew is paramount in all situations. Boat mishap/sinking/grounding/accidents during club events will provide available assistance in the event of a boat mishap/sinking/grounding. The Club is not in a position to undertake a professional/technical recovery of boats over 20 and this situation is best referred to the boat owner or his insurance company to seek the appropriate person/company to handle the task. Personal Safety of skipper/owner/crew will provide available assistance in the event of injured/sick or lost persons evolving from boating mishaps during club events. The Club s assistance will be limited to arranging transport of affected persons to locations where professional response can operate in the shortest possible time. EMERGENCY CONTACT LIST: Name Contact No. Comments Emergency Services 999 / (ROI 112) Emergency Text Phone 18000 Police Non-emergency calls (PSNI) 0845 600 8000 HM Coastguard 028 91463933 /999 Fire & Rescue 999 Northern HSCT area Dalriada Urgent Care 028 2566 3500 Meadow Bridge Surgery 028 93353454 Mater Hospital 028 9074 1211 Antrim Area Hospital 028 9442 4548 Royal Hospital Belfast 028 9063 2250 Belfast City Hospital 028 9031 4314
CAYC CONTACT LIST Reviewed : 26/05/2018 Name Position Contact No. Paul Abraham Commodore 07503163317 Richard Todd Vice Commodore 07584 123782 Des Nixon Rear Commodore 07890 764515 Richard Robinson Safety Officer 07775 576793 Francis Rock Captain 07808 720657 Rory McKenna Bosun 07736 233298 Ben Ferris Hon. Sailing Secretary 07841 434336 John Lewis Principal/ Chief SI 07462 703949 Sheela Lewis Training/ Admin Officer 07989 563223 CAYC - FIRST AIDERS Additional List available S.Lewis Name Position Contact No. Sara Carse Specialist Nurse 07834039738 Heather Foster- Paramedic 07813 608348 Sharpe Rory McKenna Bosun 07736 233298 John Lewis Principal/ SI 07860 671084 Sheela Lewis 07989 563223 L2 Coach / Designated Officer Additional Owners RIB Rory McKenna Large Metre RIB 07736 233298 Alistair McCarlie 4M RIB 07540370062
DUTIES OF PERSONEL The Officers, Race Officers and Volunteers coordinate the plan in the event of an emergency: 1. Coordinate initial actions deemed necessary. See chart Stages of Emergency Response 2. Coordinate decides if situation can be handled by Club resources 3. Coordinate to allocate duties: a) If being handled by Club delegate person to arrange first aid equipment. Delegates person to stay in contact with rescue vessel if afloat or to stay with injured person if ashore b) If being handled by outside agencies delegate person to contact outside agency e.g. doctor, hospital, ambulance. Delegate also as in a) above 4. Coordinate all requirements until emergency is over 5. Complete Incident Report when the emergency is over SUPPORT CRAFT PERSONNEL In case of emergency: 1. Assess if your craft can handle the situation. 2. In any case notify Race Control. 3. Identify you location. 4. Advise if further assistance necessary. 5. Maintain communication with Race Control Coordinator. 6. Advise if outside agencies will be required (Code Red) 7. Assess where to meet outside agencies to expedite assistance. 8. Coordinate activities with resources available to you. 9. At end of emergency, assist Race Control Coordinator to complete incident report. SEARCH AND RESCUE This area is separated into ONSHORE and OFFSHORE situations: ONSHORE When you receive / sight distressed signal:-
If no capability to send safety Boat, contact the Coastguard on 028 91463933 If Safety Boat dispatched, request assessment of the situation:- o No immediate danger to crew or medical aid o Crew require assistance by rescue or medical aid o Crew OK, craft in danger to founder or become a navigation hazard o Alert other Rescue Craft to area. Notify Emergency Service Ambulance 999, or Doctor on 02893395505 or Antrim Area Hospital on 02894424548 as necessary. Arrange reception of Rescue craft / rescued crew or causalities. Assess ability to retrieve abandoned craft. Initiate necessary manpower / recourses to retrieve craft. Notate sequence of events time action taken results etc. Complete a post Incident Report. OFFSHORE If a distress call / information received from offshore Assess situation / danger to life, loss of craft, weather conditions, location number of persons involved, method of contact Mhz, VHF 16, mobile phone number, flares etc Notify the Coastguard / RNLI
SAFETY BOAT LOG SHEET / INCIDENT REPORT Skipper s Name: Date: / / Crew Name: Please Tick Purpose of Use: Points Racing Junior Racing Junior Sailing Scheme Adult Sailing Scheme Adult Racing Other Details Please Tick Safety Boat: One Two Three Four Checklist: Departure Checklist: Return Battery Battery Oil Oil Fuel Fuel Radio Radio Engine Flush Wash Down Lock up Time: Departure: Return to the Club: Any Incidents Details occurrence, reason and outcome Any Maintenance Required This from is to be completed and left in the Cabin every time a safety boat is used. Secondary Inspection carried out by: Date:
Dealing with a Major Incident Aftermath (RYA Guidance) These notes give guidelines for the aftermath of a major accident. Your first priority is, of course, the safety of participants and instructors, but once ashore you are going to have to deal with the authorities and the press. Get a statement from competent witnesses Remove the instructor and key witnesses from the RTC to a place you can talk to them away from the press Produce a written statement you can give to the press e.g. CAYC regret to announce the death of a crew member who fell overboard at night from a training yacht. When Where Our deepest sympathy to the relatives etc. A full statement will be issue at 2pm tomorrow ( give yourself time to collate the information) Don t hold a press conference Decide who will speak to the press Don t allow well-meaning but ill-informed staff to make public comments Try to keep a record of whom you have spoken to, who has contacted you etc. Inform RYA Training (023 80604181) who can assist with compiling your statement to the press. If the rescue services have been involved the Press will have obtained some information from them If there has been a fatality the police will contact the RTC and inform the next of Kin. Do not publicise the name of the causality until you know this has been done, even if the press appear to know who it is. If your boat has a code of practice certificate you must inform the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) by the quickest means available. You can do this by phone on 023 80 395500. They will inform you within 28 days whether they intend to investigate. If required send a report to the MAIB (refer to www.maib.gov.uk for details). Keep any relevant equipment e.g. lifejackets, logbooks, etc. Major accidents at the RYA RTCs are very rare but if you are ever unfortunate enough to be involved in one, it helps if: o Your paperwork is up to date e.g. you have a contact number for the next of kin o Your boats and instructors comply with your own safety policy and the RYA conditions of recognition.
How to call for help in an emergency at sea How you call for help in an emergency at sea depends on equipment and how far away your boat is from the coast. how to make a distress call with the equipment you have and how it will be responded to. Sending a distress alert using VHF radio when inshore your Find out on board VHF radio is the minimum communication equipment that you should have on your boat. VHF operates within 30 nautical miles of the nearest point of land in the UK. In an emergency, send a voice Mayday or Pan-Pan message on VHF channel 16 (frequency 156.8MHz). Sending a voice Mayday or Pan-Pan message If your situation is serious, for example someone's life is at risk, send a Mayday voice message. If it's urgent, but not life-threatening, for example your mast snaps, send a Pan-Pan message. Say either of these slowly and clearly: Mayday Mayday, Mayday, Mayday This is (name of vessel) [spoken three times] Mayday Your vessel's name, call sign and MMSI number [spoken once] Your position The nature of distress [for example, the boat is sinking ] Immediate assistance required How many people are on board Any other information Over Or Pan Pan Pan Pan, Pan Pan, Pan Pan Your MMSI number and your vessel's name [spoken three times] Your position The nature of the situation [for example, rig failure ] What you intend to do Over Using a VHF radio with digital selective calling (DSC) If you have DSC, send a distress alert by activating the distress button. All DSC-equipped boats and Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centres (MRCCs) in the area will automatically receive information about: your vessel's identification number the type of call (distress) the channel you want to speak on (channel 16 is selected automatically)
your position This alert will be repeated every four minutes until it's acknowledged. All MRCCs in the UK and most European coastguards are equipped with VHF DSC and will respond quickly if called. Follow up the DSC alert with a voice Mayday or Pan-Pan message on channel 16. If you accept an offer of assistance from another boat, inform the coastguard and cancel the DSC alert to stop it transmitting. To automatically send a precise position, make sure the DSC is connected to a Global Positioning System (GPS). Otherwise, you'll need to make regular manual position updates. Using a mobile phone off the coast in an emergency If you are off the coast of the UK, you can dial 999/112 and ask for the coastguard. Don't rely on a mobile phone at sea to alert the coastguard because the signal is very limited. Firing a flare In an emergency, you can fire either a: RED hand-held flare or ORANGE hand-held smoke Don't rely on flares alone to raise an alert. Someone else has to report that they have seen your flare in order for you to get help. Make sure you don't fire red rocket or parachute flares when there are helicopters or aircraft nearby. How your distress call will be responded to When a distress call is received by HM Coastguard, they will acknowledge it, respond and ask for further information on: what and where the incident is how many people are in trouble how much danger they are in The coastguard will then decide how to respond to the distress alert, which might be sending lifeboats, search and rescue helicopters or coastguard rescue teams. They will also contact any ships or boats near to the incident and ask them to assist if they can. When you receive help from the coastguard, they will guide you through the rescue process. HM Coastguard responds to search and rescue (SAR) incidents that occur within the UK SAR region. If you make a distress call outside of the UK SAR region, it will be responded to by that region's SAR authority. If you receive a distress signal You must respond to any distress signals that you see or hear and help anyone or any boat in distress as best you can. But only as long as you don't endanger your boat or crew. Safety regulations for pleasure craft More useful links Irish coastguard Register your boat with HM Coastguard - the voluntary safety identification scheme Keeping safe at the coast
PRIMARY SURVEY OF A CASUALITY START HERE ASSESS THE SITUATION Are there any risks to you or the Casualty? YES Put your safety first and deal with any danger. When it is safe: NO ASSESS THE CAUSALTY Is the casualty conscious? Does he respond to questions and to gentle shaking or tapping YES Treat the Casualty and DIAL 999 FOR AN AMBULANCE if necessary NO Shout for help Open the airway Check breathing Is the casualty breathing? YES Place in the recovery position and DIAL 999 FOR AN AMBULANCE! WARNING NO DAIL 999 FOR AN AMBULANCE. Send a helper if possible ask the helper to bring a defibrilator BEGIN CHEST COMPRESSIONS Give the causality 30 chest compressions BEGIN RESCUE BREATHING Give the casualty two rescue breaths If the casualty is a child or has drowned: Give five initial recue breaths Give 30 chest compressions followed by two recue breaths Continue for one minute, then call an ambulance. Continue 30 chest compressions followed by two rescue breaths until help arrives; the causality starts breathing normally, or you are too exhausted to continue CONTINUE CPR Alternate 30 chest compressions with two rescue breaths for 1 minute Continue until emergency help arrives, the casuality starts breathing normally, or you are two exhausted to continue.
IF UNCONSCIOUS AND NOT BREATHING OPEN AWAY IF A DROWNING FIVE RESCUE BREATHS FIRST THEN CPR 30 CHEST COMPRESSIONS 2 RESCUE BREATHS IF BREATHING PALACE IN RECOVERY POSITION IF NOT POSSIBLE USEBEST POSITION TO KEEP AIRWAY CLEAR IN CASE OF VOMIT SELECT CHANNEL 16 ON VHF TURN TO FULL POWER HOLD DOWN THE PTT BUTTON, SPEAK SLOWLY AND CLEARLY IN THE RADIO MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY THIS IS WHITEHEAD RIB 3, WHITEHEAD RIB3, WHITEHEAD RIB 3 MAYDAY THIS IS WHITEHEAD RIB 3 MY POSITION IS MY PROBLEM IS I REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON BOARD IS. I AM (COLOUR OF RIB OR ANY OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION OVER LET GO OF THE PTT BUTTON