{"id":5936,"date":"2023-07-16T05:33:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T05:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/?p=5936"},"modified":"2023-07-17T07:13:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T07:13:59","slug":"lifebuoys-introduction-its-solas-regulations-lifebuoy-markings-meo-class-4-class-2-marine-engineer-study-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/lifebuoys-introduction-its-solas-regulations-lifebuoy-markings-meo-class-4-class-2-marine-engineer-study-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFEBUOY | INTRODUCTION & ITS SOLAS REGULATIONS | LIFEBUOY MARKINGS | MEO CLASS 4 \/ CLASS 2 | MARINE ENGINEER STUDY GUIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LIFEBUOY- It’s a PERSONAL L.S.A<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2207 To know how many life buoys and location of buoys in your ship plz check your “fire control and safety plan<\/strong>”
\nSOLAS REGULATION:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Carrying minimum capacity. Ship length under 100 m = 8 no’s<\/strong>
\n100 m to 150 m = 10 no’s<\/strong>
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\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Above 200 m = 14 no’s<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 SIZE<\/strong>: Inner diameter should not be less than 400 mm or 16 inch
\nOuter diameter should not be more than 800 mm or 32 inch<\/p>\n

\u2022 WEIGHT<\/strong>: total mass not be less than 2.5 kg not be more than 6 kg<\/p>\n

\u2022 MADE<\/strong>: Inherently buoyant material<\/p>\n

\u2022 COLOUR<\/strong>: internationally ORANGE in color, highly visible.<\/p>\n

\u2022 ACCESSORIES:<\/strong>
\n1) Retro reflective taps<\/strong> (Retro-reflective material is a material which reflects in the opposite direction a beam of light directed on it.)<\/p>\n

2) Grab line:<\/strong>
\na) Its dia not be less than 9.5 mm and length of line not be less than 4 times the outer dia of body in length.
\nb) It must be secure at 4 equidistant space around the life buoys.<\/p>\n

3) Self igniting light:<\/strong>
\na) White in colour
\nb) Capable of burning continues & its luminous intensity not be less than 2 cd ( candela ) having min 50 and max 70 flashes per minute for a period of 2 hour, operated battery type.<\/p>\n

4) Buoyant life line:<\/strong>
\na) Non-kinking type
\nb) Dia not be less than 8 mm
\nc) Breaking strength not be less than 5 KN<\/p>\n

5) Self- activating smoke signal:<\/strong>
\na) Capable of quick release from the height of 30 m.
\nb) Burning period at least 15 minute.
\nc) Smoke color is ORANGE.<\/p>\n

\u2022 It is capable of supporting not less than 14.5 kg of iron in fresh water for a period of 24 hour.
\n\u2022 It shall not sustain burning or continues melting after being totally enveloped in a fire for a period of 2 sec.
\n\u2022 be constructed to withstand a drop into the water from the height at which it is stowed above the waterline in the lightest seagoing condition or 30 m, whichever is the greater, without impairing either its operating capability or that of its attached components.
\n\u2022 Marking is ” PORT OF REGISTRY”<\/strong> of ship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LIFEBUOY- It’s a PERSONAL L.S.A \u2207 To know how many life buoys and location of buoys in your ship plz check your “fire control and safety plan” SOLAS REGULATION: \u2022 Carrying minimum capacity. Ship length under 100 m = 8 no’s 100 m to 150 m = 10 no’s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marine-engineering-competency-exams-study-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5936"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5941,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5936\/revisions\/5941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}