Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN
FAST RESCUE BOATS
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(m) thermal protective aids sufficient for 10% of the number of persons the
rescue boat is permitted to accommodate or 2, whichever is the greater;
(n) portable fire-extinguishing equipment of an approved type suitable for
extinguishing oil fires.
In addition to the equipment up-mentioned, the normal equipment of every
rigid fast rescue boat must include:
(a) a boat-hook;
(b) a bucket; and
(c) a knife or hatchet.
In addition to the equipment up-mentioned, the normal equipment of
every rigid/inflated and every inflated fast rescue boat must include:
(a) a buoyant safety knife;
(b) two sponges;
(c) an efficient manually-operated bellows or pump;
(d) a repair kit in a suitable container for repairing punctures; and
(e) a safety boat-hook.
A fast rescue boat must be equipped with an easily operated fixed single-
point suspension arrangement or equivalent.
Hooks and fastening devices for lowering and hoisting fast rescue boats
must be so designed as to have a safety factor of 6 on the ultimate strength in
relation to the loads occurring in a fully loaded condition.
Fig.4.18 Fast rescue boats in action