Standards of all LSA and FFE

equipments onboard as per

SOLAS

LSA – Lifesaving Equipment

FFE – Fire Fighting Equipment

ALL LSA

 Sustain Air temp -30C to +65C

 Sustain immersion in SW throughout their use in temp -1C to +30C

LIFEBUOY

 DIA –400mm TO 800mm

 WEIGHT not less than 2.5 kgs [For quick release buoys – sufficient

weight to activate the system]

 Support 14.5 Kgs iron in fresh water for 24Hrs

 Sustain being engulfed in fire for 2 seconds

 Sustain drop into water from at least 30m or from greater height if

stowed higher

 Grabline Dia at least 9.5mm

 Grabline length at least 4 times the OD of the buoy.

SELF IGNITING LIGHTS

 Luminous Intensity not less than 2 cd

 Fixed or Flashing

 If flashing then 50 to 70 flashes per minute

 Source of energy for at least 2 Hours

 Sustain drop into water from at least 30m or from greater height if

stowed higher

SELF ACTIVATING SMOKE SIGNALS

 Smoke of highly visible colour for 15 Minutes

 Not explosively ignite or emit flame ever

 Should not get swamped in a seaway

 Continue to emit smoke on submersion for 10seconds

 Sustain drop into water from at least 30m or from greater height if

stowed higher

BUOYANT LIFELINES

 Non-kinking

 Diameter not less than 8mm

 Breaking Strength not less than 5 kN

LIFE-JACKETS

 Sustain being engulfed in fire for 2 seconds

 Donnable within 1 minute

 Comfortable

 One way only of donning

 Wearer able to jump from 4.5m into water without injury or damaging

lifejacket

 Lift mouth of unconscious person 120mm clear of water with body

inclined backwards at not less than 20 deg from vertical

 Turn the body of unconscious person in not more than 5s

 Allow swimming for a short distance

 Buoyancy should not reduce less than 5% after 24 hrs immersion

LIFEJACKET LIGHT

 Luminous intensity not less than 0.75 cd

 Power for at least 8 hours with 0.75 cd light

 White light

 If flashing light then should have a manually operated switch

 Flashes 50 to 70 a minute of Lum Int 0.75 cd

IMMERSION SUITS

 Donning in 2 minutes

 Sustain being engulfed in fire for 2 seconds

 Wearer able to jump from 4.5m into water without ingress of water

 Be able to swim short distance

 Climb up and down a vertical ladder at least 5m in length

INSULATED IMMERSION SUIT

 After 6 Hours in sea water of temp 0 to 2 C wearers body temp

should not fall more than 2 C

IMMERSION SUIT worn with WARM CLOTHING

 After 1 Hour in Sea water of 5 C body temp does not fall more than 2

ANTI EXPOSURE SUITS

 Inherent buoyancy 70N

 Unpacked and donned within 2 minutes

 Sustain being engulfed in fire for 2 seconds

 Lateral field of vision at least 120 deg

 Climb up and down a vertical ladder at least 5m in length

 Wearer able to jump from 4.5m into water without ingress of water

 Swim 25m through water and board survival craft

 In water of temp 5 C rate of drop in wearers body temp shall not be

more than 1.5 C per Hour after first half hour.

THERMAL PROTECTIVE AID

 Able to remove in water in not more than 2 min

 Function properly in air temp -30C to +20C

ROCKET PARACHUTE FLARES

 Altitude 300m

 Bright red Parachute flare near top of trajectory

 30,000cd

 For 40seconds

 Rate of descent not more than 5m/s

HAND FLARE

 15,000cd

 Not less than 1 minute

 Continue to burn under 100mm water for 10seconds

BUOYANT SMOKE SIGNALS

 Smoke of highly visible colour for 3 Minutes

 Not explosively ignite or emit flame ever

 Should not get swamped in a seaway

 Continue to emit smoke on submersion under 100mm water for

10seconds

LIFERAFTS GENERAL

 Withstand 30 days in water in all sea conditions

 Withstand drop of 18m or above if stowed higher

 Withstand repeated jumps into it from a height of 4.5m

 Able to be towed at 3 kts when fully loaded, fitted and sea-anchor

streamed

 Means to mount SART 1m above the sea.

 Minimum capacity 6 persons

 Maximum Weight 185kgs

DAVIT LAUNCHED LIFERAFT

 Withstand lateral impact velocity 3.5m/s

 Vertical drop of 3m

 Weak-link to break at 2.2+/- 0.4kN

 HRU to release at not more than 4m depth

INFLATABLE LIFERAFTS

 Weight of each person averaged to 75kgs

 Inflate in 1 minute at an ambient temperature between 18C to 20C

and within 3 min at an ambient temp of -30C

MARKING ON THE CONTAINER

 maker’s name or trade mark;

 serial number;

 name of approving authority and the number of persons it is permitted

to carry;

 SOLAS;

 type of emergency pack enclosed;

 date when last serviced;

 length of painter;

 maximum permitted height of stowage above waterline (depending on

drop-test height and length of painter); and

 launching instructions

MARKING ON THE LIFERAFT

 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; and

 number of persons it is permitted to accommodate over each

entrance in characters not less than 100 mm in height of a colour

contrasting with that of the liferaft.

 Provision shall be made for marking each liferaft with the name and

port of registry of the ship to which it is to be fitted, in such a form that

the ship identification can be changed at any time without opening the

container.

LAUNCHING APPLIANCES

 Operable at trim of 10deg and List of 20deg either way [ALL SHIPS]

 Operable at angles greater than 20deg from lower side [ALL

TANKERS]

LINE THROWING APPARATUS

 Range at least 230m in calm weather

 Breaking strength of rope at least 2 kN

SCBA (SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS)

 1200ltrs of air or 30min service duration of air

EEBD (EMERGENCY ESCAPE BREATHING DEVICE)

 10 minutes service duration

PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

 Powder or CO2 – 5kgs

 Foam – 9 Ltrs capacity

 Total Weight Maximum 23 kgs each.

 Portable foam applicator liquid 20Ltrs + 20 Ltrs spare

 Nozzle capacity 1.5 cu.m / min

FIXED FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM

 Pre Discharge ALARM to sound for at least 20sec or for the time

required to evacuate space before medium is released.

CO2 SYSTEM

 30% of largest cargo space

 35% of largest machinery space

 85% of gas to be discharged into the machinery space within the 2

minutes

EMERGENCY FIRE PUMPS

 Capacity 40% of total capacity of required Fire Pumps

 25 cu.m per hour for Passenger Ships

 15 cu.m per hour for Cargo Ships

 Consecutive starts for diesel engine driven Emergency Fire Pumps:

 6 in 30 minutes

 2 in first 10 minutes

 Fuel in service tank for 3 hrs full load and outside machinery space of

category A for 15 hrs full load operation of the Emg Fire Pump.