Vessel fires: preparedness and response
Incendies à bord de navires : préparation et intervention en cas d’urgences

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The mandate of the Transportation Safety Board
As per section 7 of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act (CTAISB Act), the Transportation Safety Board’s (TSB) mandate is to advance safety in air, marine, pipeline, and rail transportation by conducting independent investigations into transportation occurrences and to make findings regarding their causes and contributing factors. It is not the function of the TSB to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability. Find more information about the TSB at tsb.gc.ca

Background
When fires occur on Canadian vessels, they can pose a potentially disastrous risk not only to the vessels themselves, but also to personnel on board, fire responders at ports and harbours, and fire departments. In the last decade, almost 400 vessel fires were reported to the TSB, 10% of which resulted in a total loss. The associated property damage and loss of human life warrant a deeper and systematic investigation into vessel fires.

Ongoing investigation
Pursuant to the CTAISB Act and as part of a lawful investigation and study on vessel fires and responses (M24A0348), the TSB is seeking your participation in the study by asking you to respond to a survey on the current state of fire preparedness and response capabilities and equipment on your vessel, at your port or harbour, or at your fire department.

Confidentiality and privacy notice
The TSB is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the CTAISB Act, the Access to Information Act, and Privacy Act. The TSB will use the survey data in aggregate and for investigative purposes only.

Please do not include information in your responses that could identify yourself, other individuals, or operators. The TSB is not seeking to collect personal, private, protected, confidential or proprietary information in this survey.

Third party online survey provider and consent
The TSB has elected to use Survey Monkey as the online survey provider. Respondents who wish to complete the survey must take notice of Survey Monkey’s privacy and security protocols and policies.

If you have further questions or comments about this survey, please contact the TSB at M24A0348@tsb-bst.gc.ca