fvsreadyforsea.pdf

Thirteenth Coast Guard District

Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety

Ready for Sea Checklist

Weather: Evaluated weather forecast & bar conditions. Vessel

& crew can handle safely! Can monitor weather reports at sea.

Crew: Trained & drilled in operation of vessel & safety

equipment. Work schedule minimizes fatigue.

EPIRB & Communications: Equipment tested. EPIRB armed &

mounted properly. Back up communications ready to go.

Immersion Suits: Crew has donned suits to ensure proper fit &

good condition. Suits accessible & lights attached.

Survival Craft: Capacity for entire crew. Serviced, properly

installed, & crew trained to launch.

PFDs Worn on Deck: Crew knows to wear PFDs or inflatable

suspenders when working on deck.

Damage Control: Bilge pumps work. Damage control equipment

on board & crew trained in use.

Fire Fighting: Adequate number of serviced fire extinguishers on

board & crew trained in fire fighting.

Safety Exam: I conducted “Ready for Sea” deck walk/safety

inspection & determined vessel safe to sail.

Amplifying Details on Reverse Side

For additional information, contact:

Dan Hardin, 13 th District Fishing Vessel Safety Coordinator

(206) 220-7226 or dhardin@pacnorwest.uscg.mil

Stability: Scuppers & freeing ports clear. Gear, catch & hatches

secured. Vessel not overloaded.

Ready for Sea Safety Factors

Weather checked and evaluated. Vessel and crew can handle conditions.

Operable weather forecast comms equipment on board. Forecasts monitored.

CREW

Drills conducted with every person on board (monthly).

Experienced crewmember checked & corrected deck/pot/fishing hazards.

Crew knows where the safety gear is and how to use it.

STABILITY/OVERLOADING

Freeing ports unblocked to allow free flow of water off deck.

Deck loads & bait shacks properly secured so that they won't break loose.

Bin boards in place to keep the load from shifting.

Vessel tanked to reduce free surface effect (fuel, water and catch not freely moving in tank).

Stability book up-to-date and vessel operated in accordance with guidelines.

EPIRBS & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

406 MHz EPIRB tested within past 30 days, properly mounted and in the ARMED position.

Every person on board knows how to make a distress call and the frequencies to be used.

Emergency power for communications equipment and/or back up handheld VHF radio on board.

IMMERSION SUITS

Each person donned to ensure proper fit and able to quickly don in an emergency.

Suits serviceable--zippers waxed and operable, inflation bladder & lights attached.

SURVIVAL CRAFT

Large enough to carry every person on board.

Every person on board knows how to launch the survival craft.

Properly installed so it will deploy in an emergency.

PFD/WORK VEST

Crewmembers wear flotation [suspenders, float coats, etc.] when on deck in hazardous condition.

Personal marker lights [strobe, fixed bright, etc] attached to the flotation devices.

DAMAGE CONTROL

Damage control kits with plugs, wedges, etc. on board and crew trained in use.

High water alarms operable. Bilge pumps adequate and operable.

Shaft and rudder post(s) checked to ensure no or only minimal leakage.

FIRE FIGHTING

Crewmembers trained to extinguish a shipboard fire.

SAFETY EXAM

Vessel examined by a Coast Guard dockside examiner or third party organization to ensure vessel is

READY FOR SEA!!!

Pre-sail READY FOR SEA exam conducted.

WEATHER

Work scheduled to minimize fatigue.

Hatches operable and secured to ensure the vessel is watertight.

Communications equipment operable and adequate for voyage.

One for every person on board. Stowed in readily accessible location.

If craft is a liferaft, serviced within the past 12 months.

Adequate number of serviceable fire extinguishers on board.

Safety deficiencies corrected and vessel safe to sail.

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