BALTIC SEA MARITIME INCIDENT RESPONSE GROUP PROJECT

BALTIC SEA MARITIME INCIDENT RESPONSE GROUP PROJECT

MIRG OOERATIONAL GUIDELINES

The project developed the following operational guidelines:

1.  Assessing the Safety Status of a Vessel (Vessel TRIAGE)

2.  Requesting Assistance 3.  Communications 4.  Fire Liaison Officer 5.  MIRG Operation Commander 6.  Occupational Safety During a MIRG Operation 7.  Distress Vessel

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MIRG COMMAND STRUCTURE

Vessel TRIAGE Concept

A method for assessing and

communicating the safety status of

vessels in maritime distress situations

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With Vessel TRIAGE

Cooperation between SAR services and various actors would be significantly more effective

•  Nationally and internationally •  At sea and on land

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Medical triage principle…

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… Vessel TRIAGE application

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Other SAR classification systems

•  According to Emergency Phases International Maritime and Aeronautical

•  Uncertainty Phase •  Alert Phase •  Distress Phase

•  According to size of the Accident •  Daily mission (1-10 persons OR max 2 seriously injured) •  Multi Patients mission (less than 20 persons OR 3-10 seriously injured) •  Disaster (over 20 persons OR over 10 seriously injured) •  Multi Actor case (humans, environmental and property is in danger)

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Vessel TRIAGE categories

THEVESSELISSAFEANDCANBEASSUMED

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Vessel TRIAGE categories: examples

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