HSO Beginning of Mission Checklist – January 1st

Submitted by: Megan Rush

Crew: 272

Date: 1/2/2023

Part 1: Using the attached Safety Equipment Inventory, locate, test and confirm operation of all safety equipment. List any equipment not found and/or missing:

All safety equipment found and operational.

Part 2: Locate and confirm the emergency escape routes in the Hab are functional and clear:

Stairs – third footstep still broken, temporarily repaired with a wooden block.

Emergency window – operational.

Commander’s window – operational.

Part 3: Inventory First Aid kit and note what needs to be refilled:

Emergency First Aid guide, scissors, tweezers, Antiseptic towelettes, CPR face shield, First Aid tape, gauze bandage, nitrile exam gloves, first aid/burn cream, hand sanitizer, antibiotic ointment, fabric bandages, burn dressing, eye wash, eye pads, instant cold compress.

Needs Refilled: Trauma pad, Triangular bandage, Eye tape

Note any safety issues: None

Note any health/environmental issues: None

Note any missing or recommended health and safety supplies: Trauma Pad, Triangular Bandage, and Eye Tape for the First Aid kit.

	HAB Upper deck	HAB Lower deck	RAM	GreenHab	ScienceDome	Rovers
CO monitor	Operational	Operational	Operational	Operational	Operational
Escape ladder	Present
Eyewash					Present, sealed
Fire blanket	Present		Present		Present
Fire extinguisher	Present, need service	Present, needs service	Present, needs service	Present, needs service	Present, needs service
First Aid		Present			Present
Intercom	Operational		Operational	Operational	Operational
Nightlight	Operational (near stairs)	Operational (near bathroom)	Operational
Propane alarm	Operational	Operational
Radios (Channels 1 and 22)	Operational	Operational	Operational	Operational	Operational
Small fire extinguisher	Present (expires 1/24/2023)				Present
Smoke alarm	Operational	Operational	Operational	Operational	Operational
Tow rope						Present

About The MDRS

The Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert was established by the Mars Society in 2001 to better educate researchers, students and the general public about how humans can survive on the Red Planet. It is the second Mars analogue habitat after the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was established in 2000.

Over 200 crews of six-person teams have lived in 1-2 week field visits at MDRS to simulate life on the Martian surface. Researchers and students alike have explored the Mars-like terrain in the area surrounding the station in full “spacesuits”, maintained the station’s systems, grown plants in the GreenHab to support themselves and even recycled their waste water.

Our activities at MDRS are not only about informing the public, but also conducting real research to bring humanity that much closer to the reality of human exploration on the planet Mars.

Annual field seasons at MDRS run approx. October through May. Anybody can apply to be on a crew, and we also need volunteers to help with the project.

Management Team

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HSO Beginning of Mission Checklist – January 1st

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