HANDIAMI: Elaborate a formal safety assessment model for maritime transport, taking into account elderly and disabled passengers
MARIN-LAMELLET ; MINGUY ; MUSELLI
Type de document
RAPPORT DE RECHERCHE
Langue
anglais
Auteur
MARIN-LAMELLET ; MINGUY ; MUSELLI
Résumé / Abstract
The objective of the WP6 was the elaboration of a formal safety assessment model, taking into account elderly and disabled passengers. The work presented in this final technical report was conducted by INRETS and also involved the participation of Marine Safety Rotterdam and Warsash Maritime Centre. The approach developed aimed to create a framework based on three main components: the passengers, the crew and the ship's characteristics. These elements of the model are linked together and environment constraints are also integrated. The first chapter indicates the resources and methods used in order to collect, analyse and interpret data. Part of the results given in the WP2 are used for the interpretation of other data: the safety questionnaire indicates in particular, that there is not sufficient safety information and what does exist is not properly transmitted to disabled people, that ship's characteristics for emergency situations and passengers with disability movements are not well adapted. Results of interviews and literature analysis indicate that crew training has to be improved. The second part of this work points out the main characteristics of the evacuation stage on board classical ferries and high speed ferries. Such a distinction seems to be accurate particularly concerning the crew/passengers ratio: around 1/35 on board HSF, 1/2 (see results of the WP2) to 1/17 on board classical ferries or cruise ferries. Consequently, if safety equipment and safety information are very similar on board each type of ferry, the main distinction is the evacuation process, due to the respect of a strict time limit for evacuation on board HSF. The third part presents the framework. The tables of results show a functional classification of disabilities (input from DG XIII TELSCAN Project) as a basis of analysis relevant to the maritime world. Analysis of potential problems and difficulties of passengers with disabilities result from the matching process between ship equipment and characteristics, passengers functional abilities, and crew capabilities, abilities and training. Finally, it is proposed a specific tool used to represent a dynamic interpretation process (DIPTree) of the risks on board a ship during the evacuation process for passengers with disabilities is proposed. The conclusion indicates the possible future use of the results, in order to test the safety process on board ships concerning the specific situation of passengers with disabilities. With contribution from C. Musselwhite (Warsash Maritime Centre) and R.Butter (Marine Safety Rotterdam). ; RAPPORT DE CONTRAT
