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In this unit:
Actions in an emergency
9. Distress Information and instructions for emergencies
The International Code of Signals
SMCPs: May-day and Pan-pan exchanges
B Choose from the lists of items below. Each item costs points C Read the exchange with a partner.
as shown. You have no more than 15 points. Use the glossary on
page 91 to check any words you dont know. Explain your Vessel: May-day, May-day, May-day.
choices. This is Alpha Quebec Papa
three nine. Alpha Quebec
Personal Equipment Electronic devices Papa three nine. Alpha
Quebec Papa three nine.
drinking water 1 life jacket 1 mobile phone 4 May-day.
extra food 4 medical kit 3 distress radio beacon Our position is: five-five
extra clothing 3 emergency food 2 (EPIRB) 1 degrees north, zero-four
fishing line 1 flares 3 VHF radio 4 degrees east. Our vessel
bailer 1 fire extinguisher 3 GPS 4 is sinking. We require
sewing kit 1 whistle 1 batteries4 immediate rescue. We have
matches 1 chart 1 laptop computer 4 nine persons on board. We
mirror 1 compass 1 are taking a lifeboat.
passport 1 sea anchor 3 Over.
torch 1 outboard engine 3 Coastguard: May-day Alpha Quebec
Papa three nine. This is
knife 1 can of petrol 3
Hotel Lima Charlie one
zero five. Received your
May-day. Over.
C Discuss how, in a life raft, you can , ,
, and .
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D Put the sections of this Pan-Pan B Describe what is happening in this picture. Then read the
call into the correct order. Section account below.
number 1 is numbered for you.
2 Student B: Use this information C Find words in the account that match the definitions 1-10.
and add your own ideas to make a 1 Hurt someone: _______
call. 2 Put out a fire: _______
You are a coastguard. There is a report 3 Call out names: ______
of an overturned vessel with two people in 4 Tell others of an emergency: ______
the water. Request help from vessels in 5 Meet at an arranged place: ______
the area. 6 Rescue by helicopter: ______
Student A: Respond 7 Put into action: ______
8 Use: _______
9 Does not die: ______
10 Stop things from getting worse: ______
Vocabulary
Maritime emergencies D Complete these sentences with verbs from the account. All the
verbs are regular. Put them all into the Simple Past tense. The
A Have you ever been in any of first is done for you.
these emergency situations?
Describe the experience to other 1 Fuel on the tanker exploded.
students. 2 The captain _______the emergency services.
A collision ( 3 The crew ________ fire fighting equipment.
4 One man fell into the sea but he _____.
An allision (
5 All hands _________on deck for a roll call.
A man overboard 6 The crew _________ship.
A medical emergency 7 Air sea rescue __________the crew to safety.
A fire 8 No one died but the accident _______two hands.
An explosion
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A lot of English words contain groups of two or more 1 If there is a fire a the event of a fire.
consonants. Here are some examples: 2 In case of b if you abandon ship.
stabilize ), activate and establish 3 The medical kit is c alert the coastguard.
. 4 In the event of a collision d wear it.
Listen to the three examples and repeat. 5 Activate your EPIRB e close all the doors.
6 Close all the doors in f in case of emergency.
To pronounce difficult consonant groups, it helps to 7 If you have a life jacket, g emergency, push here.
split words into parts; for example: ac-ti-vate. Stress
the first part and say the word slowly: ac-ti-vate then C Note two different meanings of
gradually faster and faster until you can run the parts 1 To fire at/on; to shoot. The pirates fired shots at the
into each other. ship.
2 To be on fire; to be burning. The ship is on fire.
Here are some common consonant groups: To set fire to something means to start a fire. The
pl - st bl - br ts nd - sc pirates set fire to the tanker.
Listen to them and repeat. Complete this message.
We are under attack. Armed men are ______
The consonant groups above are in the following rockets at us. They have ______ ________ to our
words. Practise speaking them aloud with a partner. vessel. I repeat: our vessel is ______ fire.
Listen to them and repeat.
deploy, explode, explosion, D Complete the instructions that go with the
destroy, distress, mast, test, muster, emergency signs. The first is done for you.
able, stable, disable, possible, visible,
break, broken, bridge,
shots, floats, tests, 1. If there is a________
manned, abandon, hands, under, land If there is a fire activate the alarm .
rescue, escape, screw
Listening
Emergency procedures
A What information do you find on a station bill? Add to this list.
The meaning of different alarms
Emergency duties
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
B Look at this part of a station bill for an offshore oil rig. Make some guesses about the
missing words 1-15.
C Listen to the Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) talk about emergency procedures and
complete the station bill. Use no more than three words for each gap.
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Reading
Attacks by pirates: questions and answers
A The men in the photograph on the right have guns.
Imagine that they approach your ship. Discuss with
another student possible answers to these questions.