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SUBJ/AFLOAT MISHAP AND HAZARD REPORTING SYSTEM (AMHRS)//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE NAVAL SAFETY CENTER (NAVSAFECEN) HAS
DEPLOYED AMHRS FOR SUBMITTING AFLOAT MISHAP AND HAZARD
REPORTS.  A USER GUIDE IS AVAILABLE ON THE NAVSAFECEN WEBSITE
AT WWW.PUBLIC.NAVY.MIL/NAVSAFECEN/DOCUMENTS/WESS/AFLOATUSE
RGUIDE.PPTX  AMHRS CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENTS:
    A.  APPROXIMATELY 50% REDUCTION IN DATA FIELDS.  ONLY DATA
MANDATED BY THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OR DATA
THAT IS FREQUENTLY REQUESTED BY THE FLEET OR SENIOR LEADERSHIP
HAS BEEN INCLUDED.
    B. IMPROVED SCREEN FLOW.  ENHANCED ORGANIZATION COUPLED
WITH DATA REDUCTION HAS DECREASED THE NUMBER OF WEB PAGES TO
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COMPLETE AN AFLOAT REPORT FROM ABOUT 70 PAGES TO 13 OR FEWER.
    C.  IMPROVED PAGE-TO-PAGE PERFORMANCE.  AMHRS WAS
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO OPTIMIZE APPLICATION SPEED TO
MITIGATE BANDWIDTH LIMITATIONS AFLOAT.  ALTHOUGH SOME USERS
MAY EXPERIENCE INITIAL LOAD TIMES OF UP TO SEVERAL MINUTES,
ONCE THE INITIAL LOAD IS COMPLETE, THE PAGE-TO-PAGE
PERFORMANCE IN FILLING OUT AN AFLOAT MISHAP REPORT WILL BE
SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER WITH USERS ABLE TO NAVIGATE FROM PAGE-TO-
PAGE WITH MINIMAL TIME LAG.  IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT CUSTOMERS
PERFORM THE INITIAL LOAD WHILE PIERSIDE WHEN MORE BANDWIDTH IS
AVAILABLE.  SINCE AMHRS IS SAVED TO YOUR SYSTEM MEMORY,
ADDITIONAL REPORTS CAN BE INITIATED WITHOUT HAVING TO RELOAD
THE APPLICATION.  ADDITIONALLY EVEN WHILE AT SEA SUBSEQUENT
DOWNLOADS SHOULD BE ACHIEVED AT A FASTER RATE.  YOUR BROWSER
SETTINGS WILL DETERMINE HOW LONG AMHRS IS RETAINED IN YOUR
SYSTEM MEMORY.  CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FASTER ACCESS TO
AMHRS BY USING A DIRECT LINK.  THE URL IS
HTTPS:(DOUBLE SLASH)WESSAS7.SAFETYCENTER.NAVY.MIL/SPARC.
THIS URL WILL TAKE USERS DIRECTLY TO AMHRS AND WILL BYPASS
THE NORMAL WEB ENABLED SAFETY SYSTEM (WESS) MISHAP CATEGORY
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    D.  IMPROVED CONTROL OF REPORT SUBMISSION.  A NEW RELEASER
PERMISSION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE ALREADY EXISTING USER
(DRAFTER) AND NOTIFICATION PERMISSIONS.  ALL AFLOAT WESS
ACCOUNT HOLDERS WILL BE DRAFTERS, AND ALL USERS WHO HAVE
NOTIFICATION PERMISSIONS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME RELEASERS.
THIS CHANGE WILL BETTER CONTROL WHO IS ALLOWED TO RELEASE DATA
OFF THE SHIP.  AS THIS WILL BE A BLANKET ACCOUNT CHANGE,
COMMANDS AND SAFETY AUTHORITIES WHO HAVE WESS ACCOUNTS MUST
REVIEW ALL USERS FROM THEIR COMMAND TO ENSURE THE APPROPRIATE
PEOPLE HAVE RELEASE AUTHORITY.
    E.  HUMAN FACTORS AND ANALYSIS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
(HFACS) INCORPORATION.  MISHAP CAUSAL FACTORS HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY OVERHAULED.  AMHRS USES THE DOD HFACS, WHICH
PROVIDES AN ENHANCED METHOD OF ANALYZING, TRACKING, AND
TRENDING THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN MISHAPS.
    F.  IMPROVED NARRATIVES.  AMHRS NOW CONTAINS SEPARATE
AREAS FOR EVENT DESCRIPTION, CAUSAL FACTOR NARRATIVES, AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.
    G.  DAMAGED EQUIPMENT.  DAMAGED PROPERTY WILL BE SUBMITTED
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USING THE INVOLVED PROPERTY'S EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION CODE
(EIC).  EIC PROVIDES A CONSISTENT, RELIABLE METHOD OF TRACKING
SPECIFIC PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A MISHAP.
    H.  COMMUNITY OF INTEREST (COI) NOTIFICATION.  USERS WITH
NOTIFICATION PERMISSIONS CAN VIEW A REDACTED PDF REPORT OF
MISHAPS RELEASED TO A COI TO WHICH THEY BELONG.
2.  AMHRS IS INTENDED FOR REPORTING AFLOAT MISHAPS ONLY.  IN
GENERAL, AFLOAT MISHAPS ARE EVENTS THAT OCCUR WHILE ONBOARD A
NAVAL VESSEL.  PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLE MISHAPS AND GOVERNMENT
MOTOR VEHICLE MISHAPS (EXCLUDING TACTICAL VEHICLES) ARE
REPORTED THROUGH THE MOTOR VEHICLE REPORTING SYSTEM (MVRS).
AVIATION MISHAPS ARE REPORTED USING THE WESS AVIATION MISHAPS
AND HAZARDS REPORTING SYSTEM (WAMHRS).  ALL OTHER MISHAPS,
INCLUDING DIVE, OFF DUTY RECREATIONAL AND ON-DUTY SHORE
MISHAPS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED THROUGH THE WESS
SYSTEM.  DIVE MISHAPS WILL BE ADDED TO AMHRS IN THE FUTURE.
3.  IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT MOST USERS WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT
BANDWIDTH TO USE AMHRS.  USERS WHO HAVE ZERO BANDWIDTH OR WHO
ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS AMHRS FOR ANY OTHER REASON MAY REPORT
AFLOAT MISHAPS BY NAVAL MESSAGE.  THE UPDATES MADE IN AMHRS
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HAVE RENDERED WESS-DS INCOMPATIBLE FOR REPORTING AFLOAT
MISHAPS.  OFF-LINE SUBMISSIONS VIA WESS-DS FOR AFLOAT MISHAPS
ARE NO LONGER AUTHORIZED.
4.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AMHRS, PLEASE
CONTACT THE NAVAL SAFETY CENTER WESS HELP DESK AT 757-444-3520
EXT. 7048 (DSN 564), MONDAY-FRIDAY, 0800 TO 1630 EST OR EMAIL
NRFK_SAFE_WESSHELP@NAVY.MIL.  YOU MAY ALSO CONTACT LCDR ALLEN
OF THE NAVSAFECEN AFLOAT DIRECTORATE AT 757-444-3520 EXT. 7199
(DSN 564) OR EMAIL BRIAN.R.ALLEN2@NAVY.MIL.//
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