On the morning of June 14th, the Fuzhou Majiang Maritime Department organized
a ship firefighting, life-saving, and anti-pollution joint drills with the theme of "life-oriented and safe development." The drill subjects were included emergency
response for dangerous situations, ship fire disposal, search and rescue of drowning
personnel, oil spill containment and recovery, etc. More than 50 personnel and 7
ships from Fuzhou Lianjiang Maritime Department, Donghai Rescue Bureau Fuzhou
Rescue Base, Fujian Ji'an Fuel Terminal Co., Ltd., Fuzhou Port Fuel Supply Co. Ltd.,
Fujian Fugang Towage Co., Ltd., and Fuzhou Jialiya Ship Service Co., Ltd.
participated in this drill.
At 11:00 in the morning, the drill was officially begun. The drill was simulated the
accident ship “Fengfan 27” was emitted heavy smoke, then the crew raised the
alarm and alerted the Fuzhou Maritime Search and Rescue Center. After received
the accident alarm, the Fuzhou Maritime Search and Rescue Center immediately
launched an emergency plan, issued navigational warnings to remind the passing
ships, and dispatched two maritime patrol boats “sea patrol 08208” and “sea patrol
08205” to the incident waters for warning and assistance to inform Fuzhou. They
also notified the professional rescue boat and the Fugang firefighting tugboat
rushed to the scene to carry out emergency treatment. Under the command
and guidance of the maritime personnel, the crew in distress and the fuel tankers
started self-rescue immediately and used the ship's fire-fighting facilities and dock
fire hoses to carry out the fire extinguishing. The fire-fighting tug immediately
put in fire-fighting actions and quickly controlled the fire. During this period,
a crew member accidentally fell into the water and was injured. He was quickly
rescued by a professional rescue boat, “Huaying 393”. At 11:30 a.m., the fire
was extinguished on site and the wounded were successfully transferred. The
drill entered into the oil spill control and clearance stage. The cleanup ships and
personnel quickly entered the scene of the accident and laid out oil booms
around the waters of the ship to remove the oil from the deck and surface of
the ship. At 12:10, the ship’s oil spill was cleared and the contents of the drills
were successfully completed.
After the drill, the Fuzhou Majiang Maritime Department conducted a site summary
assessment and put forward corresponding management requirements and safety
recommendations for the weaknesses found in the drill process. The personnel of
the participating units conducted field exchanges to further enhance the emergency
handling capacity of ship dangerous accidents.