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    Personal Survival Techniques Emergency Drills

     At least one abandon ship drill and one fire drill every
    SURVIVAL month.
    An action, ability or effort exerted by a person in order  25% crew change - drill should be carried out within 24h
    to continue to live in the midst of a disastrous upon leaving a port
    situation. It is a struggle for existence. Types of Lifeboats
    7 Steps to Survival open partially enclosed
    self-righting partially
    1. Recognition 5. Inventory otally enclosed
    enclosed
    2. Shelter 6. Signals totally enclosed with a self-
    3. Water 7. Food fire-protected
    contained air support system
    4. Play
    Cargo Ships
    The will to survive is the most important factor of  Cargo ship other than oil tankers, chemical tankers shall carry:
    survival, being prepared mentally and always one or more totally enclosed lifeboats
     capacity on each side of the ship will accommodate the total
    expecting the worst has high chances of survival. number of persons on board
    Is a craft capable of sustaining the lives of Passenger Ships
    Survival Craft persons in distress from the time of  Shall carry partially or totally enclosed lifeboats
    abandoning the ship.  will accommodate not less than 50% of the total number of
    Is a boat designed to rescue persons in distress persons on board.
    Rescue Boat
    and to marshal survival craft.
    Method of launching a survival craft whereby Thermal Protective Aids
    Float-Free
    the craft is automatically released from a It is a bag or suit made of water proof material with low thermal
    Launching
    sinking ship and is ready for use. conductivity
    Is that method of launching a survival craft
    whereby the craft with its complement of Pyrotechnics
    Free-Fall
    persons and equipment on board is released Hand Flares Rocket Parachute Flare
    Launching Smoke Signal Line Throwing Appliance
    and allowed to fall into the sea without any
    restraining apparatus.
    Is a protective suit which reduces the body Search & Rescue Transponders (SARTS)
    Immersion Suit  Is used to locate a survival craft or distressed vessel by creating a series of
    heat loss of a person wearing it in cold water.
    dots on a rescuing ship's radar display.
    Is a protective suit designed for use by rescue 
    Anti-Exposure One SART if under 500 GRT, 2 SARTs if over 500 GRT.-demonstrate how
    boat crews and marine evacuation system they are activated Located at the bridge
    Suit
    parties.
    Is an appliance which depends upon non-rigid,
    Inflatable
    gas filled chambers for buoyancy and which is
    Appliance
    normally kept uninflated until ready for use.
    Launching Is a means of transferring a survival craft or
    Appliance or rescue boat from its stowed position safely to
    Arrangement the water

    Basic Rule of Fire Extinction


     “limit” spreading of the fire
     “cool” the material afire
     “quench” the fire (cut off air supply)

    Muster List Tells You the Following:


     WHO YOU ARE
     WHERE YOU GO
     WHAT TO DO

    General Alarm:
    Seven short blasts on the ship’s horn followed by one long blast.

    Fire Alarm
    Continuous ringing of Ship’s bell/alarm

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