Lifesaving Equipment

December 08, 2010

LT Thao Nguyen
 Lifesaving Equipment

Lesson Objectives:

 IDENTIFY applicable lifesaving equipment on board

uninspected towing vessel(s).

 Proper Stowage

 Serviceable Condition
 Lifesaving Equipment:

 PFDs  Life Float

 Life Ring  Skiff
 Life Raft  Pyrotechnics
 EPIRB
 Personal Flotation Devices
(PFD)
REFERENCES  > 40 ft required USCG
 46 CFR 25.25 – 5 approved Life Preserver
(b) & (c) (Type I) for each person
onboard.
 Regulation
Handbook, D-3
 <40 ft can use Type I, II,
or III
 PFD Types

 Type I

 Type II

 Type III
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REFERENCES Approval Numbers

 46 CFR 25.25 – 7  All lifesaving
equipment showing
 Regulation CG approval numbers
Handbook, D-4 must be readily
accessible.
PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE
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REFERENCES
Work vests CG approved?
 46 CFR 26.30 – 1 (CG approval #160.053)
 Regulation
Handbook, D-7
Immersion Suits in Lieu of PFDs

References
 46 CFR 25.25-5 (e)

 Regulation Handbook,
D-3
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REFERENCES Type I retro-reflective

 46 CFR 25.25 – 15 material
 At least 31 sq. in. on
 Regulation front & back
Handbook, D-3
 For each PFD, buoyant
vest, or marine buoyant
device intended to be
worn
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Stowage
REFERENCES Lifesaving equipment
 46 CFR 25.25 – must be readily
9(a) accessible.

 Regulation
Handbook, D-3
PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE
PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE
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REFERENCES
 Personal flotation
 46 CFR 25.25 – 13 device lights
 Regulation
Handbook, D-4,
D-8
 Life Ring

REFERENCE

 46 CFR 25.25-5(d) Vessel > 26’ Feet must

have at least 1 approved
ring life buoy

 Per 46 CFR 25.25-9 (b),

this type of equipment
must be immediately
available.
LIFE RING
LIFE RING
LIFE RING
LIFE RING
LIFE RING
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REFERENCES Work vests stowed

separately from life
 46 CFR 26.30 – 10 preservers.
 Regulation
Handbook, D-7
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REFERENCES All required lifesaving

equipment in
 46 CFR 25.5 – 11 serviceable condition.
 Regulation
Handbook, D-4
 Lifesaving Equipment

Survival craft - not  Life float

required, however
must be serviceable if
carried.
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 Inflatable life raft

Though not required,

a survival craft must
be serviceable if
carried.
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Though not
required as a
lifesaving
component, a
skiff may be a
prime tool for
rapid response.
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REFERENCES EPIRB:
 46 CFR 25.26 –  Category I
20(a)
 Vessels 36’ or more
 Regulation operating beyond 3
Handbook, D-6 NM
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REFERENCES EPIRB:
 46 CFR 25.26 –  Category I or II
20(b)
 Vessels less than 36’
 Regulation operating beyond 3
Handbook, D-6 NM
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