From: "Jay K. Jeffries" <bottomgun@mindspring.com>
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Contingency Planning Presentation
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:31:16 -0400
>This didn't make it through the first time, here it is reformatted.
>
>I am working on my presentations for this summer’s conference and would like
>to ask the aid of the list in attempting to develop a comprehensive list of
>potential contingencies that might arise during the operation of a PSUB.
>Please see the attached outline below of my first stab. Identifying all of
>the potential casualties is the first step of five in developing a
>contingency plan. Your assistance in this matter would be appreciated.
>Thanks!
>R/Jay
>
>I. PSUB Casualties
> a. Fire
> i. Full out
> ii. Smoldering
> iii. Battery
> 1. Fire
> 2. Explosion
> b. Flooding
> i. Rapid
> 1. View port rupture
> 2. Catastrophic hull failure
> 3. Burst pipe
> 4. Through main hatch surfaced
> ii. Slow
> 1. View port fracture
> 2. Leaking fixture/seal
> c. ± Excessive Depth Excursion
> i. High speed down angle
> ii. Rated depth/crush depth
> iii. Surfacing collision
> iv. Emergency MBT blow
> v. Loss of drop weight
> d. Loss of Power
> i. Main power
> ii. Emergency power
> e. Loss of Maneuverability
> i. Entanglement
> ii. Locked steering
> iii. Overhead environment
> 1. Ship
> 2. Cave
> 3. Outfall pipe
> iv. Strong current
> v. Shorted motor
> vi. Run away motor
> f. Loss of Buoyancy
> i. Loss of MBT air
> ii. Loss of MBT integrity
> 1. Partial loss of a tank
> 2. Full loss of a tank
> 3. Loss of all MBTs
> g. Life Support Issues
> i. Scrubber failure
> 1. Loss of power
> 2. Damp scrubber agent
> 3. Caustic cocktail
> ii. Contaminated atmosphere
> 1. Carbon monoxide
> 2. Chlorine gas
> 3. High partial pressure oxygen
> 4. Various VOCs
> a. Paint
> b. Cleaning agents
> iii. HP air/oxygen release
> iv. Oxygen regulator failure
> v. Barotrauma
> 1. During pressurization
> 2. Barotrauma during emergency ascent
> vi. Thermal stress
> 1. Hypothermia
> 2. Hyperthermia
> vii. Decompression Illness
> viii. Aspiration/inhalation
> ix. Traumatic injuries
> h. Launch/Recovery Failure
> i. Heavy seas
> ii. Fouled lifting equipment
> iii. Catastrophic lifting equipment failure
> iv. Fouled hatch
> v. Recovery vessel collision
> 1. Side
>2. Propeller(s)
> i. Loss of Surface Support
> ii. Sudden storm on surface
> iii. Lost
> 1. Sub
> 2. Surface support
> iv. Communications
> 1. UQC
> 2. VHF radio
> . Surface support premature departure
> j. Miscellaneous Casualties
> i. Shorted instrumentation
> 1. Navigation
> 2. Lighting
> ii. Grounding
> 1. Reef
> 2. Shallows
> iii. Claustrophobic passenger
> 1. Mild
> 2. Maniac
> k. Compounded Casualty
> i. One of the above casualties results in one or more additional
>casualties
> ii. Severe flooding =battery short, chlorine gas, and life support
>systems failure
>
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