Cherry Red

One part of ship life is being prepared for every situation. About once a week we have a drill to help us practice for these different situations and this morning we had a ‘cherry red.’ This is the type of emergency situation that requires us to get off the ship and muster at different stations outside on the quayside. Our biggest challenge if this emergency every happened is all the visitors we have on Deck 4, our ‘experience deck.’ Because I work in the I-café, I am considered to be deck 4 personnel and had to participate in this mornings drill. They sent all of ships crew down to our deck and then set off the alarm. I had to put on my bright orange vest and florescent yellow hat and escort everyone off the ship as quickly and as safely as possible while also sweeping the entire deck, checking every nook and cranny for any person that may be hiding or refusing to get off the ship and do my best to get them out. They purposely plant people in different places to make sure we check ever area thoroughly and also ask other individuals to be difficult so that we can practice our crowd control. I thought it went quite well and it was a good opportunity to get an idea of some of what we may have to deal with in case of a real emergency.