| | | | | Minimum
Requirements | |
| No | Reg | Clause | Item | Passenger
ships | Cargo
ships | Remarks |
| 1 | 6 | 2 | Radio
life-saving appliances | | | |
| | | 2.1 | Two-way
VHF radiotelephone apparatus | 3 | 3 | |
| | | 2.2 | Search
and rescue locating devices (SART and AIS-SART) | 2 | 2 | One
on each side |
| | | 3 | Distress
Flares (Parachute signals) | 12 | 12 | On
Nav Bridge |
| | | 4 | On-board
communications and alarm systems | | | |
| | | 4.1 | Fixed
and/or portable equipment for 2 way communication | 1 | 1 | |
| | | 4.2 | General
emergency alarm system + Public address system | 1 | 1 | |
| | | 5 | Public
address systems on passenger ships | 1 | Nil | With
emergency elec supply |
| | 7 | 1 | Lifebuoys | | | |
| | | 1.2 | Lifebuoys
with buoyant lifeline | 2 | 2 | |
| | | 1.3 | Lifebuoys with self-igniting lights | 50% | 50% | |
| | | | Lifebuoys
with self activating smoke signal | 2 | 2 | From
clause 1.3 (50%) |
| | | 2 | Lifejackets | | | |
| | | 2.1 | Per
person | 1 | 1 | |
| | | | Per
child | 1 | 1 | |
| | | | Per
Infant | 1 | 1 | |
| | | | Spares
for watchkeepers | Sufficient | Sufficient | Stowed
at workplace |
| | | 3 | lmmersion
suits and anti-exposure suits | | | |
| | | | Per
rescue boat and/or marine evacuation system party | 1 | 1 | |
| | 8 | 1 | Muster
list and emergency instructions | Sufficient | Sufficient | In
English + Working language |
| | 9 | 1 | Operating
Instructions | Sufficient | Sufficient | Posters
+ Signs |
| | 10 | 1 | Manning
of survival craft and supervision | | | |
| | | | Trained
persons | Sufficient | Sufficient | |
| | | | For
motorized craft, Engine operator | 1
per craft | 1
per craft | |
| | 11 | | Survival
craft muster and embarkation arrangements | | | Required
as per regulation |
| | 12 | | Launching
stations | | | Required
as per regulation |
| | 13 | | Stowage
of survival craft | | | Required
as per regulation |
| | 14 | | Stowage
of rescue boats | | | Readiness
to launch in 5 minutes |
| | 15 | | Stowage
of marine evacuation systems | | | In
area protected from heavy seas |
| | 16 | | Survival
craft launching and recovery arrangements | | | Required
as per regulation |
| | 17 | | Rescue
boat embarkation, launching and recovery arrangements | | | Launching
and recovery in 5 minutes |
| | 17.1 | | Recovery
of persons from the water | | | Ship
specific plan and procedures |
| | 18 | | Line
throwing appliance | 1 | 1 | |
| | 19 | | Emergency
training and drills | | | ALL
SHIPS |
| | | 2 | Familiarity
with safety installations and practice musters | | | Familiarization
and first drill |
| | | 3 | Drills | | | Frequencies
regulated |
| | | 3.3 | Abandon
ship drills | | | Contents/procedures
regulated |
| | | 3.4 | Fire
drills | | | Contents/procedures
regulated |
| | | 4 | On-board
training and instructions | | | Contents/procedures
regulated |
| | | 5 | Records | | | Maintained
as per regulations |
| | 20 | | Operational
readiness, maintenance and inspections | | | All
Ships |
| | | 2 | Operational
readiness | | | Always
ready 24 x 7 for immediate use |
| | | 3 | Maintenance | | | |
| | | 3.1 | Maintenance,
Testing and inspections | | | As
per IMO guidelines |
| | | 4 | Maintenance
of Falls used in launching | | | Periodic
inspections + renewal ev 5 years |
| | | 5 | Spares
and repair equipment | | | Provided
on board |
| | | 6 | Weekly
inspections | | | |
| | | 6.1 | survival
crafts, rescue boats | | | |
| | | 6.2 | Engines | | | to
be run for atleast 3 minutes |
| | | 6.3 | Lifeboats | | | to
be partly swung out |
| | | 6.4 | General
emergency alarm system | | | To
be tested |
| | | 7 | Monthly
inspections | | | |
| | | 7.1 | Lifeboats | | | to
be swung out |
| | | 7.2 | Inspection
of LSA incl lifeboat equipment using checklist | | | report
in log book |
| | | 8 | Servicing
of inflatable liferafts, inflatabte tifejackets, marine evacuation systems,
and maintenance and repair of inflated rescue boats | | | |
| | | 8.1 | Servicing | | | Every
12 months by approved facility |
| | | 8.2 | Rotational
deployment of Marine evacuation system | | | once
ev 6 years |
| | | 9 | Periodic
servicing of hydrostatic release units | | | |
| | | 9.1 | Servicing | | | Every
12 months by approved facility |
| | | 10 | Marking
of stowage locations | | | Marking
by IMO symbols |
| | | 11 | Periodic
servicing of launching appliances and on-load release gear | | | |
| | | 11.1 | Launching
appliances | | | Maintained,
thorough annual survey and dynamic test |
| | | 11.2 | Lifeboats,
Rescue boat and free-fall lifeboats | | | Maintained,
thorough annual survey and operational test |
| | | 11.3 | Davit-launched
liferaft automatic release hooks | | | Maintained,
thorough annual survey and operational test |