Commercial Fishing Safety Foundation 14 min

Emergency Preparedness and Man Overboard Response

Preparing for foreseeable emergencies in fishing operations.

Cover alarms, emergency signals, life-saving appliances, drills, recovery planning, and immediate response actions for man overboard, fire, flooding, machinery failure, collision, grounding, medical emergency, and abandonment. Stress that emergency procedures must be realistic for the vessel, crew size, fishery, and weather.