6 Means of drawing passengers' attention to emergency instruction notices for passengers
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6 Means of drawing passengers' attention to emergency instruction notices for passengers

  6.1 Where a muster is not held on departure, it is most important to provide a safety briefing and to draw the attention of the passengers to the location and contents of the passenger emergency instruction notices and to encourage the passengers to read the notices. there are various ways of encouraging the passengers to read the notices; although, the most effective way will be by means of the ship's public address system. The announcements should be made after all the passengers have boarded and either prior to or immediately on departure from the berth. Since it is often difficult to gain the full attention of passengers at this early stage in the voyage, it is recommended that this type of announcement be preface by a special signal when the public address system is used and followed by a request for everyone's attention. Announcements should be made in English and languages appropriate to the principal nationalities of passengers carried on a particular route. Such announcements should be relatively brief and compatible with the need to convey sufficient information to the listener to enable an orderly muster of the passengers to take place if this should become necessary. It should be ensured that no other announcement or music is allowed to be broadcast while the passenger emergency instruction announcement is being made. Passengers should be encouraged to proceed from their cabins to the muster stations so that they learn that the point where they came aboard via the gangway is not the place to go in an emergency.

  6.2 An example of an announcement for this purpose is given in annex 2 to these Guidelines.

  6.3 Announcements on board the ship should be supplemented by other means appropriate to the ship and voyage to ensure that as many passengers as possible have their attention drawn to the passenger emergency instructions notices. This can include but is not limited to the showing of video programmes on board and/or in the shore terminal, inserting in the ticket folder a page containing emergency procedures information, including information in magazines and brochures published for passengers, making announcements in the shore terminal that passengers should familiarise themselves with the contents of the emergency instruction notices on board.

Parent topic: Annex - Guidelines for Passenger Safety Instructions
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