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Chapter 16 - Life-Saving Equipment.
1600. Lifejackets.
Secure stowages shall be provided in all passenger and crew accommodation
spaces for one approved lifejacket for each person on board for which
certification is sought. In addition, stowage immediately accessible to a crew
member shall be provided for :-
- A number of lifejackets suitable for children, not less than 10% of the
number of passengers for whom seats are provided, and
- A number of standard lifejackets, not less than 5% of the total number of
persons on board for which the vehicle is certified.
1601. Liferafts.
The design shall provide readily accessible secure external stowages for
liferafts of sufficient capacity to accommodate not less than 110% of the total
number of persons carried for which certification is sought.
1602. Liferaft stowages shall be evenly distributed around the vehicle, as
remote as possible from any Designated Fire Zone, exhaust or discharge. Where a
centrally located stowage is provided, the liferaft shall be equally accessible
from both sides.
1603. Liferaft stowages shall provide for the ready deployment of each
liferaft into the water, without the use of special tools or risk of damage to
the liferaft or injury, by one person. Due attention shall be paid to effects of
icing on the release arrangements for liferafts.
1604. Liferaft stowages shall permit the deployment of liferafts into the
water with the vehicle floating in the damaged condition with an associated trim
attitude of up to 8°.
1605. Only approved liferafts shall be installed; they shall be provided with
survival packs appropriate to the service upon which the vehicle is engaged.
1606. Liferaft stowage arrangements shall ensure that, upon deployment,
liferafts are retained alongside secured to the vehicle. Where the liferaft is
inflatable, the length of securing should be adjusted to initiate inflation upon
deployment. Securing lines and stowage positions should also be selected to
minimise mutual interference of deployed liferafts.
1607. Inflatable liferafts may be stowed with hydrostatic devices arranged to
release and inflate the liferaft in the event of the A.C.V. sinking.
1608. Lifebuoys.
Subject to a minimum total of two, provision shall be made for the secure
stowage of one approved lifebuoy adjacent to each normal exit; each lifebuoy
shall be provided with a minimum of 27.5 metres of buoyant line. At least one
lifebuoy should be provided with a self-igniting light and a self-activating
smoke signal.
1620. Survival Equipment - Remote Area
Operation.
The requirements for life-saving equipment contained in sections 1600 thru'
1608 may require to be modified or supplemented for Air Cushion Vehicles
operating in remote areas or high latitudes, or in seasonal environmental
conditions which render the use of such equipment impractical or inappropriate
for the achievement of required levels of safety.
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