Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32JUNE 2016 • FOGHORN 11 FOGHORNFOCUS: OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE T he U.S. passenger vessel industry carries 200 million people a year. In Washington’s King County alone, thousands of people a day travel the local waterways on water taxis, ferries and other vessels. What would happen if an on-board emergency triggered the need for a large- scale evacuation? How prepared is our maritime community to deal with such a life-saving evacu- ation? The operators of PVAvessel member King County Water Taxi, Seattle, WA, pondered those very questions and on April 8, with the assistance of 76 trained volunteers, they conducted an emergency exercise–a drill involving a real water evacuation and deployment of a 100-person inflatable life raft (IBA) on the Lake Washington Ship Canal. “Chief among the things we have in common with other public and private maritime service providers in Puget Maritime Emergency Exercise Successfully Tests Water Taxi Evacuation Capability Sound is concern for safety,” said King County Marine Division Director Paul Brodeur. “That’s why several agencies and organizations partnered with us to train for the ultimate Mayday call – abandoning ship and getting passengers to safety.” According to Ron Panzero, King County’s Marine Operations and Maintenance Manager, who was instrumen- tal in the planning and execution of the exercise on the water By Karen Rainbolt, Managing Editor