LSA Flashcards
What LSA equipment is required on a passenger ship/cargo ship over 500GT?
- 2 x SART
- 12 rocket parachute flares
- General alarm and PA system
- Lifebuoys - at least half with lights and one either side with a line
- Lifejackets for every person/infant/child with lights
- Immersion suits for every person in rescue boat party/MES party
- Muster lists
- Instructions in public spaces, cabins and muster stations for lifejacket donning and actions in an emergency
- Operating instructions for survival craft launching
10 Embarkation ladders - Survival craft
- Rescue boat
- Recovery of persons from water plan
- Line throwing apparatus
How quickly should survival craft be launched?
Within 5 minutes and by 2 persons
How quickly should rescue boats be recovered to deck?
Within 5 minutes
What survival craft do passenger ships on long international voyages carry?
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
What survival craft do passenger ships on short international voyages carry?
Lifeboats for at least 30% of POB
Liferafts for at least 25% of POB
How quickly should a passenger ship be evacuated to survival craft?
All survival craft to be launched within 30 mins of abandon ship signal with lifejackets donned.
How many additional lifejackets should passenger ships carry?
5% of POB
How many immersion suits should be carried in each lifeboat?
3 immersion suits and 1 TPA
How many lifebuoys are carried on passenger ships?
<60 m = 8 (at least 6 with lights)
60-120m = 12
120-180m = 18
180-240m = 24
240+ = 30
What additional features of the liferaft are there for Ro Ro vessels?
The liferaft must be self righting or fully reversable
The liferafts must have one SART for every 4 liferaft
What additional LSA is required on RoRo vessels?
- FRC
- Means of rescue to get persons out of the water
What additional passenger information is required for RoRos?
- All persons must be counted prior to departure
- Special assistance passengers must be declared to the Master
- Names and gender of passengers must be declared for SAR purposes.
Which ships require a decision support system?
All passenger ships
What is included in a decision support system?
- Printed emergency plans for
Fire
Damage to ship
Pollution
Security
Personal accidents
cargo accidents
emergency assistance to other ships
How often are abandon ship and fire drills on passenger ships?
Weekly