Chapter 9—ENGINEERING CASUALTY CONTROLTRAININGCasualty control training must be a continuousstep-by-step procedure and should provide forrefresher drills. Any realistic simulation ofcasualties must be preceded by adequate prepara-tion. You and your work center personnel mustlearn to understand fully the consequences of anyerror which may be made in handling real orsimulated casualties.methodical and organized approach to casualtycontrol has resulted in increased control, lessdisabling of a plant, and an increase in the overallsafety to the plant and personnel.The majority of all engineering plant casualtiescan be attributed to a lack of knowledge of thecorrect procedures on the part of the watch sta-tion personnel. Often a relatively simple problem,if allowed to compound itself, could lead,ultimately, to the disabling of the ship. The causesof ineffective casualty control and their preven-tion are listed as follows:To ensure maximum engineering departmentoperational readiness, a ship must be self suffi-cient in the conduct of propulsion plant casualtycontrol drills. The management required for suchdrills involves the establishment of the Engineer-ing Casualty Control Evaluation Team (ECCET)and the preliminary administrative support for thetraining program.Engineering Casualty ControlEvaluation Team (ECCET)An ECCET should be developed for eachunderway watch section, and a sufficient numberof personnel should be assigned to evaluate eachwatch station during the drills.1. Lack of positive control. The EngineeringOfficer of the Watch (EOOW) must maintainpositive control of every situation that arises andmust possess thorough knowledge of the correctprocedures and systems operation.2. Lack of effective communications. Com-munications throughout the engineering plantmust be maintained at all times. The repeat backtechnique for watchstanders is the only means ofensuring that communications are received andunderstood.3. Lack of systems knowledge. Watch person-nel are frequently shallow in their depth of systemsknowledge and approach to casualty control.Watch sections must be familiar with the opera-tion and theory of all vital engineering systems.4. Lack of casualty control assistance. Off-watch personnel are not called to assist in casualtycontrol follow-up actions with the result thatwatchstanders are unable to satisfactorily dealwith recovering from a casualty. Off-watchpersonnel must be called to provide requisite ex-pertise and augment assigned watchstanders per-forming restoration actions.In the past, the primary emphasis in casualtycontrol training has been placed on speed.However, with the development and implemen-tation of the Engineering Operational CasualtyControl (EOCC) portion of the EngineeringOperational Sequence System (EOSS), a moreThe engineer officer must ensure the develop-ment of an accurate, comprehensive drill packageadequate to exercise the engineering departmentin all phases of casualty control procedures. Thedrill package should contain a complete file ofdrill scenarios and drill cards for each type ofcasualty that could reasonably occur to the pro-pulsion plant. The scenarios should contain thedrill title, scenario number (if assigned), a generaldescription of the casualty, the method of impos-ing the drill, the cause (several possible causesshould be listed) and estimated time of repair(ETR), cautions to prevent personnel hazards ormachinery damage, and any simulations to beused in the drill. The drill cards must give the cor-rect procedure to be followed by each watch teammember in the proper sequence for the drill. Thepurpose of the drill cards is to give the ECCETmembers ready reference to the proper proceduresto be followed. The engineer officer must ensurethat adequate research is done to ensure the ac-curacy of each scenario and pertinent drill cards.EOCC, if installed, should be the prime informa-tion source. The main propulsion assistant (MPA)should have custody of a master drill package,with appropriate copies of applicable drillscenarios and drill cards for each space.The planning and scheduling of casualty con-trol drills should receive equal priority with othertraining evolutions that are conducted during nor-mal working hours. When a specified time for9-3
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