b'LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENTPVA Tools Are Designed and the PVA Flagship Safety Management to Help Your Operation Succeed System (SMS) is a great way to take safety Spring is here, and for many PVA membersawareness within your operation to the this means you have just a few short weeksnext level. And, all of these documents are to go from zero to full steam ahead in orderavailable to you on the website. to be ready to carry your first passengers ofOne of the newest and most exciting the 2019 season. Im sure you are busy gettingadditions to the Member Resources section your vessels ready mechanically and aestheti- is access to the Online Learning Management cally. Youre completing drydocks, schedul- Bob Lawler System (LMS) portal. This web-based LMS ing U.S. Coast Guard inspections, recruiting,is designed exclusively for PVA by our hiring and training new crew members, con- associate member Marine Learning Systems ducting drills and exercises with your returning staff andand it enables you to deliver training content to your reviewing and editing your operations, maintenance,crew members via the portal so they can study and learn safety and securityanywhere at any manuals for the newtime at their own year.pace. This leads me toWhether you are ask, Are you takingjust starting out in full advantage of allthe passenger vessel of the benefits andindustry and dont tools that PVA has toknow where to begin offer?or you simply dont PVA is continu- have time to create ally creating andall of the documents updating documentsyou need to run your and tools on ourbusiness effectively Members Resourcesthe PVA website has page of the PVAalmost everything website to assistyou need from a cus-you in operatingtomizable Employee your business. IHandbook to a Coast encourage everyoneGuard guidebook togotowww.f o r c r e a t i n g a passengervessel. marine drug testing com and log intoprogram, it is all the secure memberhere. download area.Itsnoteasy There you will find arunning a passenger myriad of business,vessel business but regulatory, safety,it should be reassur-security and communications tools, as well as traininging to know that PVA has your back and that the staff, manuals, best practices and templates all provided as anthe Board of Directors and Committee Members are all exclusive benefit to PVA members.committed to taking some of the stress out of your day Once signed in you will have access to the PVAto day by continuously working to support you and to Alternative Security Program, and additional securityprovide you the tools you need to be successful.training guides from the Department of Homeland Security and FBI, Security Drill Tools and Guidance, andSincerely,active shooter exercises. You will find a comprehensive Crisis Management Plan, downloadable safety training manuals for deckhands and senior deckhands, as well as safety DVDs on Firefighting, Line Handling, andBob Lawler Preventing Slips Trips and Falls.President nUse of the PVAs Risk Guide, risk assessment tools 4APRIL 2019FOGHORN'