CoastguardMana

Personal safety theory with Dean Du Preez new inductee

CBES tutor forum at Ponsonby Cruising Club

Maritime Shortrange Radio Operators certificate (MSROC) training attended and I am now a tutor for this course

it is all about DSC and GMDSS as an increasingly used system. It is now on all our latest radios so we do need to know how to use it or respond should a digital distress call come in

No on water for TBs crew but Steve Knowles ran through MR2 launch procedures and then CRV fam digrams. Crew then did intro to CRM and went home with modules and workbooks to complete

Mana Rescue 1 worked through some senior crew skills for CQM, Radar and GPS, CQM completed inside the Mana Marina (fuel Berth, fingers, breastworks, small boat jetty, MR1 berth space.

Trainee crew were worked through communucations (CRM) mooring pick up and drop off, safety practises with lines.

2 x MOSS medical drills completed (Sudden collapse unconscous, CPR and recovered diver medical and O2 support)

Rope work, Close quarter, helm instruction and berthing

Mana Rescue 1 went to kapiti to support a Kapiti master ISC assessment program.

Voyage was used to enable better understanding of the Kapiti island area, with Radar and GPS navigation work on the voyage, pilotage inshore of kapiti island, circumnavigation of kapiti Is

Support provided to the Masters assessment

MR1 crew ran through practical seamanship, observation skills, communication (CRM)  and MOSS drill MOB

Personal safety theory module

induction for Mark Hamilton

Crew members completed there in water saftey training, covering a range of skills. some of these skills include treading water in full wet weather gear, crocodile swims, abandoning ship and getting into liferafts. All crew must under go this training before going on the rescue vessels.

Mana Rescue 1 and Mana Rescue2 worked through a training program that included;

close vessel alongside approaches, Towing set up and cennection, towing, and helm work.MOSS drills for steering failure, MOB, Fire were completed

Area familiarisation  New crew stayed in marina. Ful empty and re pack CRV before going on water

two crews completed practical training after completing the towing theory module last Tuesday evening

Alongside the berth; towing checklist, tow safety, crew positions, command structure, access and laying out the main MR1 towline. bending on a messenger.

Communicating with the disabled  vessel and setting a safe working state, throwing the messenger, hook on and running out a tow line.

Induction of mew member Shane Tindall

Mana Rescue 1 worked in tandem with Mana Rescue 2 on close to shore searches, search patterns, on scene command, vessel command, helm control, close formation helm, coming alongside a moving vessel, MOB, Observation skills, CRM processes during a training session based in the Onepoto arm of Porirua harbour

MOB drills completed (2)

On scene command radio orders and search pattern planning

Anchoring (2)

Helm for 2 x trainee crew

The aim of the training session was to build on the theoretical Victim recovery module and expand the area familiarisation learning beyond the inner harbour limits.

0800- 1030 Shore based recap on theory Victim Recovery module. Practical first aid introduction into patient care, DRABC, Defibrillator use, initial treatment of hypothermia, patient transfer methods, packaging patients for transport from CRV to land using backboard from MR2 & MR1.

Victim Recovery theory session run by Trevor Burgess

The aim of the training session covered the theory of MOSS drills and CRM, completion of risk assessment matrix, weather & tidal considerations prior to vessel deployment. This was followed with practical application on-water of the theoretical learning.  Other aspects of the session included local area familiarisation; navigation markers within the inner harbour area - pick up and release vessel from fixed mooring buoy - mooring a vessel between two piles.

SAREX18 kicked off with a real call out for an overturned Waka. 

Coastguard Mana was activated using the standard callout procedure from our duty officer and then crew notifications by text message. The crew assembled at our base at the Mana Cruising Club and broke into an Incident Management Team and  a boat deployment team.

crew split into navigation/helm and deck crew fir tonights training.

Nav/helm worked on course control and radar naviagtion in around the bar. Deck crew worked through landmark identifcation, calling navigation marks, manual depth sounding and mooring.

Coastguard Mana are runing IMT training to support thevunits actions during SAREX18

crew worked through a basic scenario with the SARNZ documents for inital assessment, timelines, search scenarios, vectors planning, questions and resources that could be used.

Launch and retrieval procedures for MR2

roping MR2 around from slipway to finger berths beside MR1 to improve rope handling, CRM and teamwork

 MR1 used the a kayak group that was heading to green point for on scene command, search pattern development and planning as part of pour SAREX18 developemnt training. We shadowed the kayak group out to Green Point  with MR1 working through the radio commands, search pattern vessel placement, station keeping and ship to shore communication considerations and methods

Location: pile moorings - recover segull caught in fishing tackle, remove fishing hook & weight, release.