Entrainement sécurité sur un paquebot flambant neuf.
On appréciera la composition de l’équipage : officiers italiens, cuisiniers philippins, personnel de ménage chinois, hôtesses d’Europe de l’Est,…
Carr : Helsinki to Miami Aboard Carnival Spirit – gCaptain
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I had boarded the Carnival Spirit at the Kvaerna-Masa shipyard in Helsinki Finland, where the ship was built, along with four other instructors from the Master, Mates, and Pilots Union. We had been contracted by Carnival to train the Spirit’s new crew in Coast Guard approved courses such as Crowd and Crisis Management, Basic and Advanced Firefighting, Ocean Survival Safety Training, and Enclosed Space Entry, during the ship’s transit from Helsinki to Miami FL.
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Carnival ships are crewed by a mixture of diverse cultures. Italian officers, Philippine chefs, Chinese housekeepers, and Eastern European hostesses. Every morning an engaging Russian young lady provided us with strong black coffee, it was a great way to start the day.
“Let’s try this again,” I found myself saying during our fire drills. “You need to be more assertive, aggressive, take charge, don’t hesitate, get in there and fight the fire.” I realized that how we teach Firefighting in the US is different than in other cultures. We tend to be more aggressive. In the US Merchant Marine the Chief Mate is the “On-Scene Leader”, and like a squad leader in the military, they take charge and assert control. Other cultures are more deferential and reserved, which is often not the best approach when attacking an incipient fire.
“Inflate your trousers to stay afloat,” I instructed. “You cannot just tread water, you must get your pants or coveralls off and inflate them”. I demonstrated this in the ship’s pool and we coached tentative and many non-swimmer crewmembers through the drill.
After a few days at sea, we developed a rhythm and learned the crew’s names and personalities. There was an unwritten hierarchy among the many ethnic backgrounds and cultures. Some crew had never given orders but were now in charge of a designated lifeboat.
“Listen to me, passengers are like sheep, they are not mariners, they do not know what to do in an emergency. You are the sheepdog. Take charge, tell them what to do in a loud and commanding voice.” I would say to the crew.
“Make them don their lifejackets, but don’t use the word don, they don’t know that word, use the phrase put on your lifejacket, they know what that means. Passengers don’t want to put on lifejackets; they would rather just hold them. By putting on a lifejacket you are admitting an emergency exists. They don’t want to admit there is an emergency. “Head and mind games are going on here,” I would add. “Get in their heads, make them do your bidding!” We would all laugh a little to dispel some of the seriousness. “Now let’s do this again.”