b'FOGHORN FOCUSThe crew and staff of a passenger vessel company changes throughoutwounded or if the vessel will have to move to a location to make it the year meaning training must be done repeatedly to keep all crewmore accessible to first responders. prepared. McGuire noted that one of their veteran captains conducts annual security training at the same time seasonal staff is hired so thatIt can sound overwhelming, but as Mike McElroy said to me, It doesnt they can attend. FTS will work with operators to train selected staff toneed to be complicated. Simple role playing will illustrate your vulnera-be able to lead regular drills. Gehrke says their team has only just begunbilities. Once you identify them its time to mitigate the vulnerabilities the training process, but already plans to repeat the training and tothrough change of policy, positioning, or procedures. John Lake simi-conduct periodic refresher courses. The entire crew should be trainedlarly noted there are ways to make it easier to implement a training pro-whether they are year-round or seasonal to make sure everyone is pre- gram. Dont start from scratch, take advantage of resources out there, pared to work together in an activeLake said. Talk to other operators to shooter situation. find out what theyve done. Reach out Dont start from scratch,to the Coast Guard. Dont feel like you Chris Anglin pointed out that an- have to start on a massive scale. Do other aspect of active shooter train- take advantage of resourcessomething and build from it.ingiscopingwiththeaftermath once the shooter is neutralized. Hisout there. Talk to otherNo matter what approach you take, all operationaddedStopthebleedwere in agreement that active shooter training, often offered by hospitalsoperators to find out whattraining is a must. The time to train andfirstresponderagencies,andtheyve done. Do somethingis now. Sadly, its not a matter of if, but Stop the Bleed Kits to their vessels.when,saidJamesMcGuire.Make Thetrainingfamiliarizesthecrewand build from it. your target harder than your neighbor in the use of tourniquets and otherto try to discourage bad actors from techniques to control bleeding. Bothusing your operation as a platform. Lake and McElroy have consideredJOHN LAKEPHOTO COURTESY OF TIM NEASEthe likelihood of managing passen- CITY EXPERIENCES BY HORNBLOWER Chris Anglin noted, As passenger ves-gers in the water. Their teams feelsel operators, an active shooter incident its almost certain people will go overboard, possibly without lifeis another hazard that we must be prepared to respond to. Just as we drill jackets. They train to handle marking passengers exact locations,to respond to fire, abandon ship, and man overboard, we must also drill calling for assistance, and deploying safety equipment into the wa- to respond to security incidents. In any emergency, the crew will be faced ter. Lake also mentioned working with authorities after the threatwith difficult decisions, but proper training, good communication, and is passed to determine if the ship will be used as a location to treatregular drills will help us respond in a professional and organized manner.FOGHORN 18'