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 />
6.5 Outline<br />
1. Introduction and Safety<br />
1.1 Introduction<br />
1.2 Principles of safety<br />
2. Hazards and Emergencies<br />
2.1 Types of emergencies<br />
2.2 Problems and affects<br />
3. Firefighting<br />
3.1 Nature of fire<br />
3.2 Fire Tetrahedron<br />
3.3 Principles of extinguishment<br />
3.4 Classes of fire and their symbols<br />
3.5 Extinguishing agents<br />
3.6 Safety rules<br />
3.7 Practical exercises<br />
4. Emergency Response<br />
4.1 Signals and alarms<br />
4.2 Muster lists<br />
4.3 Drills and training<br />
4.4 Action upon discovering emergency<br />
4.5 Action when called to an emergency<br />
5. Lifesaving Appliances and Abandonment<br />
5.1 Lifejackets<br />
5.2 Immersion suits<br />
5.3 Life buoys<br />
5.4 Life raft and equipment<br />
5.5 Survival craft and launching devices<br />
Issue Date: May 1998<br />
Date of revision: June 2007<br />
Small Passenger-carrying Vessel Safety<br />
(MED A2)<br />
Subject Area Hours<br />
6. Survival<br />
6.1 Factors relating to survival<br />
6.2 Actions to increase chances of survival and rescue<br />
6.3 Actions taken after abandoning in a survival craft<br />
7. Rescue<br />
7.1 Rescue by civilian or military personnel<br />
7.2 Rescue equipment<br />
7.3 Recognition and operation of signalling devices<br />
7.4 EPIRBs<br />
7.5 Pyrotechnics<br />
7.6 Helicopter rescue<br />
8. Maintenance and Inspection of Emergency Equipment<br />
8.1 Manufacturer’s guidelines<br />
8.2 Periodic inspections<br />
8.3 Servicing<br />
8.4 Firefighting equipment<br />
8.5 Fixed systems<br />
8.6 Communication equipment<br />
0.5 hours<br />
1.0 hour<br />
Ref.: TP 4957E<br />
Page 24 of 82<br />
Chapter 6<br />
Revision No 1<br />
Lecture Practical<br />
3.0 hours 3.0 hours<br />
2.0 hours<br />
2.5 hours 2.5 hours<br />
2.0 hours 1.0 hour<br />
1.5 hours 0.5 hours<br />
3.0 hours 1.5 hours
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