HMCS Chicoutimi conducts pod posting exercise
By Lookout Production on Jun 14, 2024 with Comments 0
Member’s of CANSUBFOR preparing the ELSS pod for transfer onto HMCS Chicoutimi. Photos supplied
CANSUBFOR
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HMCS Chicoutimi conducted an Emergency Life Saving Stores (ELSS) pod posting exercise at the end of May.
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class (CPO2) Nelson Harvey, exercise organizer and subject matter expert, said the exercise was intended to educate submariners on how to bring a container of essential supplies onto a submarine stuck on the ocean floor.
Canadian Submarine Force members simulated inserting a pod into the escape compartment of HMCS Chicoutimi’s forward escape tower.
In an emergency, members inside the submarine rig a bag into the escape tower and, after sealing the tower shut, open a lid from the inside. Once the tower is flooded, rescue divers place the pod carrying essentials into the bag. Members then drain the tower and lower the supplies into the sub.
“We simulated the pod being brought to the forward escape compartment through the forward escape tower as if the pod was being delivered by divers or a remotely operated vehicle,” CPO2 Harvey said.
Things that the pod could contain include: O2 Candles, Lithium Hydroxide curtains (for scrubbing CO2), water, rations, and medicine.
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class (CPO2) Nelson Harvey, exercise organizer and subject matter expert, said the exercise was intended to educate submariners on how to bring a container of essential supplies onto a submarine stuck on the ocean floor.
Canadian Submarine Force members simulated inserting a pod into the escape compartment of HMCS Chicoutimi’s forward escape tower.
In an emergency, members inside the submarine rig a bag into the escape tower and, after sealing the tower shut, open a lid from the inside. Once the tower is flooded, rescue divers place the pod carrying essentials into the bag. Members then drain the tower and lower the supplies into the sub.
“We simulated the pod being brought to the forward escape compartment through the forward escape tower as if the pod was being delivered by divers or a remotely operated vehicle,” CPO2 Harvey said.
Things that the pod could contain include: O2 Candles, Lithium Hydroxide curtains (for scrubbing CO2), water, rations, and medicine.
Emergency Life Saving Stores (ELSS) pod securely placed into the posting bag rigged in the forward escape tower of HMCS Chicoutimi.
ELSS posting bag rigged in HMCS Chicoutimi’s forward escape tower.
ELSS posting bag rigged in HMCS Chicoutimi’s forward escape tower.
Member’s of CANSUBFOR placing the ELSS pod into the posting bag onboard HMCS Chicoutimi.
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