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A draft \u2018IMCA version\u2019 of the incident will be prepared, and this will be sent back for review to the originator. No further action is taken until the originator signals clearly that the incident is ready to be published. Sometimes a number of iterations of this process are required before the incident report is ready for publication. <\/p><h4 class=\"red wp-block-heading\">What Should be Included? <\/h4><p>Members can help by following a number of pointers: <\/p><ul class=\"list-styled wp-block-list\"><li>Indicating which of the IOGP Life-Saving Rules (if any) were dominant factors in this incident<\/li><li>The title should be concise and focus on the main issue<\/li><li>The focus should be on lessons learnt and how to prevent a recurrence, rather than on the incident itself<\/li><li>The content should be succinct, specific and, as far as possible, a common theme or pattern should be followed:<ul class=\"list-styled\"><li>What happened? an incident or an issue will be described<\/li><li>Why? What were the immediate causes and, if appropriate, the root causes<\/li><li>Learning: what can members learn from this<\/li><li>Action: what are the recommendations for members<\/li><li>Ideally there should be photographs or illustrations.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>A Safety Flash incident report should provide sufficient detail and communicate risks, precautions and necessary actions effectively without releasing information about the people or organisations involved. For further information, please contact the Secretariat. <\/p><p>To contribute use our Submission Template below or email us your own format.<\/p><p><a class=\"btn btn-light\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.imca-int.com\/safety-flash-submission-template-6\/\">Download submission template<\/a><\/p><h4 class=\"red wp-block-heading\">Third-Party Safety Flashes<\/h4><p>Sometimes IMCA receives links or references to incidents published by other organisations (for example, the Marine Safety Forum (MSF)), or to incidents that are otherwise already in the public domain. 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