IMMERSION SUIT- It’s personal L.S.A
To know how many immersion suit and location of suit in your ship plz check your “fire control and safety plan”
SOLAS REGULATION:
• Carrying minimum capacity. Each person onboard must have its personal immersion suit + extra suit for the watch keeper.
•TYPE: (1) insulated (2) Un-insulated (3) wearing with life jacket (4) have sufficient buoyancy.
•MADE: Non Flammable and water proof material.
•COLOUR: internationally RED in color, highly visible.
•WORN: it should be Unpacked and donning within 2 min without any help from assistance.
•JUMP: it is capable to allow jump from a height of at least 4.5 m into water without injury of life jacket and personal.
• It will cover whole body, exception with face. Hand shall be covered unless permanently attached gloves are provided.
• ACCESSORIES:
1) Retro reflective taps.
• It shall not sustain burning or continues melting after being totally enveloped in a fire for a period of 2 sec.
•After wear it must be capable to normal work.
• Climb up and down a vertical ladder at least 5 m in length.
• To swim a short distance through the water and board a survival craft.
• It is used in cold weather, where the temp is at below freezing point.
•It will not allow to go down our body temp 2°c for a period of 6 hour immersion in calm circulating water at a temperature of between 0°C and 2°C.
• A person in fresh water wearing either an immersion suit or an immersion suit with a lifejacket, shall be able to turn from a face-down to a face-up position in not more than 5 seconds.