THERMAL PROTECTIVE AIDS – It’s Personal L.S.A
To know how many Anti-exposure suit and location of suit in your ship plz check your “fire control and safety plan”
SOLAS REGULATION:
• MADE: Non Flammable and water proof material.
•Having a thermal conductance of not more than 7800 W/( m2.K) and shall be so constructed that, when used to enclose a person,
• It shall reduce both the convective and evaporative heat loss from the wearer’s body.
• Thermal protective aid shall function properly throughout an air temperature range -30°C to +20°C.
• COLOUR: Internationally ORANGE in color, highly visible.
• WORN: permit the wearer to remove it in the water in not more than 2 min, if it impairs ability to swim.
• Cover the whole body of persons of all sizes wearing a lifejacket with the exception of the face.
Hands shall also be covered unless permanently attached gloves are provided;
• Be capable of being unpacked and easily donned without assistance in a survival craft or rescue boat.