LSA Flashcards

1
Q

What LSA equipment is required on a passenger ship/cargo ship over 500GT?

A
  1. 2 x SART
  2. 12 rocket parachute flares
  3. General alarm and PA system
  4. Lifebuoys - at least half with lights and one either side with a line
  5. Lifejackets for every person/infant/child with lights
  6. Immersion suits for every person in rescue boat party/MES party
  7. Muster lists
  8. Instructions in public spaces, cabins and muster stations for lifejacket donning and actions in an emergency
  9. Operating instructions for survival craft launching
    10 Embarkation ladders
  10. Survival craft
  11. Rescue boat
  12. Recovery of persons from water plan
  13. Line throwing apparatus
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2
Q

How quickly should survival craft be launched?

A

Within 5 minutes and by 2 persons

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3
Q

How quickly should rescue boats be recovered to deck?

A

Within 5 minutes

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4
Q

What survival craft do passenger ships on long international voyages carry?

A

Lifeboats on either side for 50% of POB. May be substituted for liferafts as long as there is lifeboat capacity for 37.5% of POB

Liferafts for at least 25% of POB

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5
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What survival craft do passenger ships on short international voyages carry?

A

Lifeboats for at least 30% of POB

Liferafts for at least 25% of POB

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6
Q

How quickly should a passenger ship be evacuated to survival craft?

A

All survival craft to be launched within 30 mins of abandon ship signal with lifejackets donned.

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7
Q

How many additional lifejackets should passenger ships carry?

A

5% of POB

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8
Q

How many immersion suits should be carried in each lifeboat?

A

3 immersion suits and 1 TPA

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9
Q

How many lifebuoys are carried on passenger ships?

A

<60 m = 8 (at least 6 with lights)
60-120m = 12
120-180m = 18
180-240m = 24
240+ = 30

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10
Q

What additional features of the liferaft are there for Ro Ro vessels?

A

The liferaft must be self righting or fully reversable

The liferafts must have one SART for every 4 liferaft

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11
Q

What additional LSA is required on RoRo vessels?

A
  1. FRC
  2. Means of rescue to get persons out of the water
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12
Q

What additional passenger information is required for RoRos?

A
  1. All persons must be counted prior to departure
  2. Special assistance passengers must be declared to the Master
  3. Names and gender of passengers must be declared for SAR purposes.
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13
Q

Which ships require a decision support system?

A

All passenger ships

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14
Q

What is included in a decision support system?

A
  1. Printed emergency plans for
    Fire
    Damage to ship
    Pollution
    Security
    Personal accidents
    cargo accidents
    emergency assistance to other ships
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15
Q

How often are abandon ship and fire drills on passenger ships?

A

Weekly

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16
Q

What survival craft are required on cargo ships?

A

Lifeboats with capacity for 100% POB on either side
Liferafts for 100% POB either side

OR liferafts for 150% POB on either side

Additional liferaft if 100m between survival craft and bow/stern of ship

At least one rescue boat

17
Q

How many lifebuoys are required on a cargo ship?

A

Under 100m = 8
100-150m =10
150-200m =12
200m + =14

18
Q

What must be included in the muster list?

A
  1. General alarm signal
  2. Actions by crew and passengers
  3. How the abandon ship order will be given
  4. Duties for members of the crew
  5. Maintenance of LSA and FFE
  6. Substitutes for duties

Muster list format on passenger ships must be approved

19
Q

What regulations do domestic passenger ships comply with?

A
  1. MSN 1823 Safety code for passenger ships operating in UK categorised waters
  2. HSC code
20
Q

What weekly inspections are required for LSA?

A
  1. Survival craft, rescue boats and launching appliances
  2. Run the engine for 3 minutes
  3. Lifeboats moved from storage positions
  4. General alarm tested
21
Q

What monthly inspections are required for LSA?

A

Inspection of all LSA onboard

22
Q

How often are MES deployed?

A

On rotation so they are deployed at frequencies no more than every 6 years

23
Q

What is tested during the annual LSA survey?

A

Launching appliances and release gear has a thorough examination

A dynamic test of the winch brake at max lowering speed with no persons onboard

24
Q

What is tested during the 5 yearly LSA survey?

A

Dynamic test of winch brakes at max lowering speed with 1.1 x loaded weight

Lifeboat on load release hooks and liferaft davit release hooks are overhauled

25
Q

How quickly should cargo ships be abandoned?

A

All survival craft with all POB should be launched within 10 minutes of the abandon ship signal

26
Q

How much fuel must a lifeboat carry?

A

To sail at 6 knots for a period of not less than 24 hours

27
Q

How much fuel must a rescue boat carry?

A

To sail at 4 knots for not less than 6 hours

28
Q

How much fuel must a FRC carry?

A

To sail at 20 knots for not less than 6 hours