21st Century U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Manuals: Marine Safety Manuals, All Volumes including Ports and Waterways, Investigations, Inspection, Environment, Technical (CD-ROM)

This unique electronic book on CD-ROM has a complete reproduction of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Manuals, the latest edition of all seven publicly available volumes: Volume 1, Administration and Management (CIM 16000.6), 507 pages; Volume 2, Materiel Inspection (CIM 16000.7A), 1326 pages; Volume 3, Marine Industry Personnel NMC (CIM 16000.8B); Volume 4, Technical (CIM 16000.9), 452 pages; Volume 5, Investigations and Enforcement (CIM 16000.10A), 650 pages; Volume 6, Ports and Waterways Activities (CIM 16000.11), 281 pages; Volume 9, Marine Environmental Protection (CIM 16000.14), 347 pages. In addition, as a bonus, there are reproductions of over 160 vital U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Instruction Manuals covering personnel, operations and readiness, management, and Coast Guard missions. In the early 1800's, Congress was reluctant to address "marine safety" issues with regard to the steamboat industry. Only after a long series of marine incidents, involving heavy losses of life and property, did Congress enact legislation and create a federal organization, the Steamboat Inspection Service, to preserve and protect the public from preventable marine incidents. The preservation of life in the aftermath of a marine incident was carried out by federal search and rescue forces; the protection aspect (before-the-fact) was handled by federal agencies involved with maritime law enforcement and aids to navigation. The Coast Guard's current marine safety programs still retain the overall philosophical objectives of the historical preservation and protection programs. As a result of myriad statues and regulations affecting the marine environment and the marine industry, several distinct programs concerned with marine safety and related issues have evolved: Commercial Vessel Safety (CVS), Port and Environmental Safety (PES), Marine Environmental Response (MER), Waterways Management (WWM), Recreational Boating Safety (RBS), and Bridge Administration (BA). In 1972, the Commandant decided to consolidate CVS, PES/MER/WWM, BA, and RBS investigative activities in the field under the MSO structure. The previous segregation of review and response activities result in well meant, but fragmented, "marine safety" policies tending to focus on symptoms rather than causes of marine casualties and incidents. Under consolidation, attention is better focused on preventing marine casualties and incidents through appropriate legislation and regulations, coordinated field efforts to implement requirements, and education of the maritime public. In 1982, the policy concerning the investigation of recreational boating fatalities was changed to reflect that only those accidents which were inadequately investigated by the state, as determined by the Commandant or the district commander, would be investigated by investigations departments of MSO's/marine inspection offices (MIO's). States are considered the primary investigative authority for all boating accidents. This incredible CD-ROM is packed with over 35,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection.