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Marco Antonio Lima De Araujo · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 3 Mar 2014•Portsmouth and South East Hampshire

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Responses found
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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Lack of a formal protocol for reporting and co-ordinating rescue in relation to life-threatening incidents in Portsmouth Harbour
    Part of recurring concern: Failure of emergency response leadership and coordination
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  1. Position

    Formal protocols exist for alerting HM Coastguard to life-threatening incidents involving persons on land or at sea.

    Stated by Maritime and Coastguard AgencyDisputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of a formal protocol for reporting and co-ordinating rescue in relation to life-threatening incidents in Portsmouth Harbour

Wider context from the report

“I was told at the Inquest hearing that there is no formal protocol for reporting and co-ordinating rescue in relation to life threatening incidents in Portsmouth Harbour. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Failure of emergency response leadership and coordination.

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Formal protocols exist for alerting HM Coastguard to life-threatening incidents involving persons on land or at sea.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The formal protocols, for persons on land, for the alerting of HM Coastguard are by calling 999 and ask for coastguard. Persons or vessels at sea use the global maritime distress and safety systems (GMDSS) protocols. Her Majesty’s Coastguard have long standing arrangements with the Queen’s Harbour Master, Portsmouth (QHM) (and all Harbour Authorities) that allow for mutual communication and cooperation during search and rescue activities within harbour limits. Both organisations have direct dial telephone lines between each other and can also communicate on marine band radio frequencies within the GMDSS.”

Source location

2014-0093-Response-by-Maritime-Coastguard-Agency
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PFD Monitor interpretation

Existing HM Coastguard and harbour-authority communication, cooperation and rescue-coordination arrangements are sufficient within harbour limits.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The formal protocols, for persons on land, for the alerting of HM Coastguard are by calling 999 and ask for coastguard. Persons or vessels at sea use the global maritime distress and safety systems (GMDSS) protocols. Her Majesty’s Coastguard have long standing arrangements with the Queen’s Harbour Master, Portsmouth (QHM) (and all Harbour Authorities) that allow for mutual communication and cooperation during search and rescue activities within harbour limits. Both organisations have direct dial telephone lines between each other and can also communicate on marine band radio frequencies within the GMDSS.”

Source location

2014-0093-Response-by-Maritime-Coastguard-Agency
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