Congratulations on taking positive steps to be as prepared as possible.
Here you can easily click on all the external links included in the Emergency Preparedness Manual and Course.
Click here for the Templates
Click here for the Handouts
Additional Information
What is a Safety Management Systems (SMS)
FLIP YOUR THINKING
ALL BOATS WANT TO DO IS SINK
UNDERSTAND STABILITY
MAINTENANCE
Maintenance Article 1 – preventative and corrective
Maintenance Article 2 – planned maintenance
EXTERNAL FACTORS
What is a Katabatic Wind, and What is Not
Wave Height, Swells, Rogue Waves, and Significant Wave Height
RUDDER LOSS
BREAKDOWN OF MECHANICAL STEERING
Taking care of your mechanical steering
How to steer: Emergency Steering
Deploying a sea anchor or drogue
SEVERE WEATHER
Dangerous Quadrants in Southern Hemisphere: Cyclone Prep
Follow worldwide storms/hurricanes and severe weather
DISMASTED
Dismasted – What actually happens
We Let go the Entire Rig and it Sank Like a Stone
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
Clear an override on your winch
MOB
Watch how a hydrostatic release works
Correct use of hydrostatic release units
Watch how to launch a liferaft
MOB Retrieval Equipment Review
Danbuoy Deployment and Innovation
MORE EQUIPMENT
FIRE
Example: incorrect extinguisher
American Fire Extinguishers-Fire Prevention Article
COLLISION
AMSA EPIRB registration/information
Accidental EPIRB alert, who to contact (Australia)
Orca Encounters and possible techniques to protect your vessel
Abandon Ship
What Pip Hare carries in her Grab Bag
Hydrostatic Release – Correct Use
KNOCK DOWN/ROLL
DEATH ON BOARD
USEFUL INFORMATION
Australian Sailing Special Regulations
Australian Sailing has very useful documents on the bottom of this link (above) for downloading.
Read reports:
Accident Alert Forms: From AMSA
It is law for commercial vessels to complete an incident report for AMSA, for recreational boats we can report to AMSA or your local States governing body.
Reporting involves a two-step process.
1) Submit an incident alert
As soon as reasonably practicable* after becoming aware of the incident, you must either:
- complete the incident alert form 18 and submit to us online, or
- download form 18 and email the completed form to reports@amsa.gov.au.
Domestic commercial vessels can provide this alert by any means such as:
- using incident alert form 18
- email reports@amsa.gov.au
- phone
- in person at your local AMSA office.
* Under Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013, regulated Australian vessels and foreign vessels must submit an incident alert within 4 hours.
2) Submit an incident report
Within 72 hours after becoming aware of the incident, you must:
- complete the incident report form 19 and submit to us online, or
- download form 19 and email the completed form to reports@amsa.gov.au.
Safety Management Systems (SMS)
Hand Out/link: Muster list ideas: Emergency procedures Flip chart (AMSA)