Holland America Munster Drill

[chengkp75]

1 minute ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

Lucky you! 

Lots of "pucker factor" on that one.  Plus I had to kill the nurse and medical team who came to command through the fire.

Edited November 13, 2018 by chengkp75

[Copper10-8]

9 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

Lots of "pucker factor" on that one.  Plus I had to kill the nurse and medical team who came to command through the fire.

 

Always  "interesting" when crew doesn't pay attention to the announcements and walks through the hot zone, or a crew elevator door opens right in the middle of it and out they come. We used to write"PIN's" for repeat offenders which meant a visit to the staff captain's office

[chengkp75]

23 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

Always  "interesting" when crew doesn't pay attention to the announcements and walks through the hot zone, or a crew elevator door opens right in the middle of it and out they come. We used to write"PIN's" for repeat offenders which meant a visit to the staff captain's office

Yeah, some of those are pretty funny.  And boy, did the nurse get indignant over being "killed".  We had one Safety Officer who thought it was a good idea to observe the "fire" from the scene (which is a good idea), but then to stop and instruct the fire teams on how best to do something (not a good idea if you are striving for reality in training).  My teams had complained several times about this, and I had spoken to him to hold his suggestions until the debrief, but he kept on doing it.  I told the fire teams that the next time he did this, they were to notify me that they had a "violent person" in the fire zone.  I had Security don SCBA's, and go zip tie his hands, and we didn't release him until the debrief.  Staff Captain was in on it, but the Captain got a real chuckle, and it brought some humor to the debrief when we explained why the Safety Officer would be slightly detained as he was being escorted by Security.

[AmazedByCruising]

8 hours ago, chengkp75 said:

What you are proposing would be a surfboard

 

OK, another dumb idea totally destroyed by the expert. Thank you for taking the time to do so each time 🙂

[AmazedByCruising]

21 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

We had one Safety Officer who thought it was a good idea to observe the "fire" from the scene (which is a good idea), but then to stop and instruct the fire teams on how best to do something (not a good idea if you are striving for reality in training).

 

That's like a driving test where the examiner warns you to stop at a red light. Something must have gone wrong giving that Safety Officer a contract in the first place.

[Vict0riann]

3 hours ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

That is 100% correct info by Cheng as usual. On HAL, fire teams, hose handling teams, the emergency response support team, the SCBA bottle refill team, etc. do not bring with them, or wear, life jackets when responding to a fire alarm. What might, or might not, be different on HAL vs NCL, if the Captain directs his crew to abandon ship (and the majority of crew are assigned to self-inflating life rafts, rather than lifeboats/tenders), they have the option to pick up and don a life vest stored in cabinets on boat deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you think we will be seeing a lot of this (crew drills?) while we are on the premier voyage of the NS?

[Copper10-8]

3 minutes ago, Vict0riann said:

 

Do you think we will be seeing a lot of this (crew drills?) while we are on the premier voyage of the NS?

 

Yes and No, Ann! HAL's crew drill regularly however the majority of time in crew areas like the engine room, laundry rooms, paint locker, mooring decks, storage rooms, etc. In those instances, you will hear the ship's alarms and see emergency (floor) lighting being activated, fire teams using the public stairs to head to the "fire" from their fire stations (not all located on the same decks), etc. however, that is quickly followed by the officer of the watch (or captain) announcing that this is a "drill for crew only"

 

Having said that, you can't just drill in crew areas because a fire can start anywhere onboard a ship. With that in mind, fire drills will, at times, take place in public areas such as the main show room (daytime only), Club HAL, alongside public corridors and on boat deck. In those cases, fire screen doors will be closed temporarily and other areas cordoned off. It's all done for the sake of safety and those type of drills last, on the avg, about 30-35 minutes. Fire drills on HAL usually commence around 0930 hrs.

[rafinmd]

Any idea how long the HAL crew will be able to have access and conduct drills before the premier voyage?

 

Roy

[Copper10-8]

1 minute ago, rafinmd said:

Any idea how long the HAL crew will be able to have access and conduct drills before the premier voyage?

 

Roy

 

All the way up to, into, and after that voyage, Roy. Drills don't stop because it happens to be a premier voyage

[Vict0riann]

Thanks, Copper,  I know we have heard those crew drill announcement and alarms before.  Captain Albert says in his blog they are already starting training and drills, so I imagine they will be ready for us!

[rafinmd]

10 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

All the way up to, into, and after that voyage, Roy. Drills don't stop because it happens to be a premier voyage

Is the crew already on the Nieuw Statendam?

 

Roy

[Copper10-8]

4 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

Is the crew already on the Nieuw Statendam?

 

Roy

 

Part of them are, but not yet the majority. Check out Capt. Albert's blog if you have time while enjoying your time onboard

Edited November 13, 2018 by Copper10-8

[Copper10-8]

1 hour ago, rafinmd said:

Is the crew already on the Nieuw Statendam?

 

Roy

 

Two days ago from Capt. Schoonderbeek on Nieuw S:

 

"We will get on average 150 crew each day in the coming days until we have a full complement (plus a lot of extra specialized staff)"

[doublebzz]

Schoonderbeek - what a great name for a Dutch sea captain!