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Royal NZ Coastguard
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It is a safety issue that the Coastguard did not have a process requiring its crews to undertake pre-departure planning when tasked to an incident thus increasing the risk of an accident occurring en-route to the incident area.
It is recommended that the Chief Executive of The Royal New Zealand Coastguard Inc ensures all Coastguard crews conduct an appropriate pre-departure plan , that includes a risk assessment, and that the plan is reassessed at appropriate times as the rescue scenario unfolds.
It is recommended that the Chief Executive of The Royal New Zealand Coastguard Inc ensures all Coastguard crews conduct an appropriate pre-departure plan , that includes a risk assessment, and that the plan is reassessed at appropriate times as the rescue scenario unfolds.
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Accepted
All Units have requirements as part of the Safe Ship Management System (MNZ) for standard operating procedures for pre-departure planning. Coastguard will develop and implement a National standard for pre-departure planning that includes a risk assessment process and reinforces the SAPP requirements laid out in the Coastguard Boat Book,
The application of pre-departure planning will be regularly reviewed as part of the Unit Capability Reports completed by Regional Operations Managers. It will also and incorporated into the CRM for CRV Masters as part of the current Training Development Project to be completed for implementation from July 2011.
All Units have requirements as part of the Safe Ship Management System (MNZ) for standard operating procedures for pre-departure planning. Coastguard will develop and implement a National standard for pre-departure planning that includes a risk assessment process and reinforces the SAPP requirements laid out in the Coastguard Boat Book,
The application of pre-departure planning will be regularly reviewed as part of the Unit Capability Reports completed by Regional Operations Managers. It will also and incorporated into the CRM for CRV Masters as part of the current Training Development Project to be completed for implementation from July 2011.
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