Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN
FAST RESCUE BOATS
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5.6.2 Performance of marine evacuation system
(Life Saving Appliances Code Chapter VI, 6.2.2)
A marine evacuation system shall be:
- capable of deployment by one person;
- such as to enable the total number of persons for which it is
designed, to be transferred from the ship into the inflated liferafts within a period
of 30 min in the case of a passenger ship and of 10 min in the case of a cargo
ship from the time the abandon ship signal is given;
- arranged such that liferafts may be securely attached to the
platform and released from the platform by a person either in the liferaft or on the
platform;
- capable of being deployed from the ship under
unfavourable conditions of trim of up to 10˚and list of up to 20˚either way;
- in the case of being fitted with an inclined slide, such that
the angle of the slide to the horizontal is:
- within a range of 30˚ to 35˚ when the ship is
upright and in the lightest sea-going condition; and
- in the case of a passenger ship, a maximum
of 55˚ in the final stage of flooding set by the requirements
- evaluated for capacity by means of timed evacuation
deployments conducted in harbour;
- capable of providing a satisfactory means of evacuation in
a sea state associated with a wind of force 6 on the Beaufort scale;
- designed to, as far as practicable, remain effective under
conditions of icing; and
- so constructed that only a minimum amount of routine
maintenance is necessary. Any part requiring maintenance by the ship's crews
shall be readily accessible and easily maintained.
Where one or more marine evacuation systems are provide on a ship, at
least 50% of such systems shall be subjected to a trial deployment after
installation. Subject to these deployments being satisfactory, the untried systems
are to be deployed within 12 months of installation.
5.6.3 Marking on marine evacuation systems
The marine evacuation system shall be marked with:
- maker's name or trade mark;
- serial number;
- date of manufacture (month and year);
- name of approving authority;
- name and place of servicing station where it was last
serviced, along with the date of servicing; and
- the capacity of the system.