MARINE EMERGENCY DUTIES - Transport Canada
MARINE EMERGENCY DUTIES - Transport Canada
MARINE EMERGENCY DUTIES - Transport Canada
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<strong>Transport</strong> <strong>Canada</strong><br />
Marine Safety<br />
Marine Emergency Duties<br />
Training Courses<br />
5.1 Equipment requirements<br />
1) One portable lifeboat or rescue craft;<br />
Issue Date: May 1998<br />
Date of revision: June 2007<br />
Basic Safety (MED A1)<br />
Basic Safety (MED A1)<br />
Ref.: TP 4957E<br />
Page 14 of 82<br />
Chapter 5<br />
Revision No 1<br />
2) One inflatable life raft (Minimum 4 persons) with equipment, including an emergency<br />
position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB);<br />
3) An approved lifejacket for each participant;<br />
4) A complete firefighter’s suit for each participant;<br />
5) A variety of immersion suits for 100% of the participants;<br />
6) Two approved life buoys, one with a line and the other with an approved light;<br />
7) One rescue sling;<br />
8) One rescue blanket;<br />
9) Portable extinguishers:<br />
a) 6 dry chemical,<br />
b) 4 CO2,<br />
c) 6 water pressure,<br />
d) 6 foam;<br />
10) One fire hose with sufficient water pressure;<br />
11) Steel trays for containing fires;<br />
12) Training models of luffing, gravity and single arm davits and marine escape systems<br />
(may be replaced by an audio-visual presentation);<br />
13) A variety of hand flares;<br />
14) Visual or audio-visual presentation of the following:<br />
a) Totally enclosed motor propelled survival craft (TEMPSC),<br />
b) Partially enclosed lifeboat,<br />
c) Open lifeboat,<br />
d) Fast rescue craft (FRC),<br />
e) Emergency multiple person rescue apparatus (EMPRA),<br />
f) Hypothermia, its effects and ways of overcoming it;<br />
15) Access to open water or to pool facilities suitable for teaching the use of the equipment.<br />
5.2 Duration<br />
19.5 hours.