Practice responding to environmental incidents at sea

Coast Guard ship 8005 brings the victim aboard for first aid. (Source: CSB)

The exercise involved CSB 8005, Coast Guard Region 3 Command, and Sumadra Paheredar-ICG 202, Indian Coast Guard.

According to the hypothetical scenario, an oil spill occurred in international waters, affecting the ecosystem and environment. The emergency response procedure was immediately activated and all crew members on board were notified to deploy for oil spill response. Coast Guard Ship 8005 and Sumadra Paheredar-ICG 202 were mobilized to handle the oil spill.

Sailors of Sumadra Paheredar-ICG 202 rescue a person who fell into the water. (Source: CSB)

Soldiers of Coast Guard ship 8005 perform a salute to ship Sumadra Paheredar-ICG 202. (Source: CSB)

Colonel Nguyen Minh Khanh, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of Coast Guard Region 3, had a conversation with Mr. SUDHIR RAVINDRA, Head of the Indian Coast Guard Delegation. (Source: CSB)

With modern specialized equipment on board, officers and sailors of the two forces coordinated and synchronously deployed technical work to handle oil spills according to a scientific and strict process; organized zoning, handling, and thoroughly collecting the amount of oil spilled into the sea to complete the assigned task.

During the oil spill response, two ships of the Vietnam Coast Guard and the Indian Coast Guard received an SOS signal from a ship on fire at sea. Coast Guard ship 8005 and Sumadra Paheredar-ICG 202 accelerated to the scene, approached the ship in distress, and coordinated to spray water cannons to extinguish the fire.

During the fire fighting process, the people on the ship in distress jumped into the sea to escape. When they discovered the people floating at sea, the ships quickly determined the coordinates and urgently deployed high-speed boats to approach the victims, brought them to the rescue ship to stabilize their health, and successfully completed the joint training on oil spill response, environmental pollution treatment at sea, and search and rescue, and fire fighting at sea.

At the end of the mission, the two ships saluted each other at sea and continued their journey to carry out other missions.

Coast Guard ship 8005 sprays water to put out a fire. (Source: CSB)

Coast Guard ship 8005 and Sumadra Paheredar-ICG 202 spray water to extinguish the fire. (Source: CSB)

According to Colonel Nguyen Minh Khanh, Deputy Commander - Chief of Staff of Coast Guard Region 3, this is a practical activity for the two countries' forces to exchange and learn from each other about the ability to handle situations of ship crews and the actions of sailors in responding to oil spills, handling environmental pollution and searching and rescuing at sea; at the same time, helping officers and soldiers of the two countries gain more experience in ensuring safety, security, responding to incidents at sea; training officers and soldiers to be proactive, creative, capable of action, brave, and improve their organizational and command capacity in performing assigned tasks.

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