- Test whether the PFSO or his deputy is available during:
- Office hours
- Evening
- Weekend
- Holidays
- Business trips
- …
- Test all communication systems that are used to enable an effective and uninterrupted communication between personnel, ships and authorities, like:
- Radio- and telecommunication systems
- Telephone
- GSM
- Mobilephone / Walkie talkie
- VHF
- Radio
- Satelite telephone
- Public address system
- Equipment in control room
- Spare equipment
- …
- Check is the lists with important phone numbers are correct
- Check whether security personnel has familiarised itself with the operation of communication equipment.
- Case: You discover that there is a malfunction in the communication equipment.
- What do you do? (repair or replace the equipment / notify the PFSO)
- Test how fast the repair service can be on site
- Simulation/Case: Simulate a bomb threat. It is 10.00h. The operator calls you that he has just received the following message: “a bomb will explode within 30 minutes in hangar 1. This is no joke.” The operator says the message seemed credible. A ship is about to arrive. What do you do in chronological order?
- Have the BHV evacuate the port facility according to procedure
- Call the SSO or captain to delay the ship till further notice or divert the ship to another terminal
- Call the authorities (bomb squad)
- Let the operator fill out the standard Bomb threat form
- Block all access to hangar 1 to all persons except the appropriate authorities
- Find a detailed plan for the port facility and hangar 1 and try to identify possible locations for a bomb
- Help the authorities on their request with the search
- When the area is cleared by the authorities, personnel can get back to work
- The ship can be allowed to moore.
- Test the alarms and/or sirens
- Perform a fire drill
- Sound the fire alarm
- Have the BHV evacuate the port facility according to procedure
- Evaluate
- Perform an evacuation drill for part of or the entire port facility
- Test the working of your emergency plan
- Alarming
- Use of checklists
- Timing of evacuation
- Cooperation
- Internal and external communication
In cooperation with the SSO:
- Discuss with the SSO who does what and how tasks and responsibilities are divided, when the security level for the ship and/or port facility is raised (Tip: use a mooring agreement / DoS to arrange the division of tasks and responsibilities according to a standard)
- Fill in a Declaration of Security by example
- Test the communication, coordination, availability of life-saving and security equipment, procedures and reactions to incidents of ship and port facility
- Case: A ship is anchored at 2 miles from the Port facility. The SSO or captain calls the PFSO to report suspicious activities in the direct neighbourhood of his ship. What do you do?