{"id":5940,"date":"2023-07-17T07:09:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T07:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/?p=5940"},"modified":"2023-07-17T07:21:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T07:21:20","slug":"lifejacket-introduction-its-solas-regulations-lifejacket-markings-meo-class-4-class-2-marine-engineer-study-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/lifejacket-introduction-its-solas-regulations-lifejacket-markings-meo-class-4-class-2-marine-engineer-study-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFEJACKET | INTRODUCTION &#038; ITS SOLAS REGULATIONS  | LIFEJACKET MARKINGS | MEO CLASS 4 \/ CLASS 2 | MARINE ENGINEER STUDY GUIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5727 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2368-300x96.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2368-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2368-1024x327.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2368-768x245.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2368-155x49.jpg 155w, https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2368.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>LIFEJACKET &#8211; It&#8217;s personal L.S.A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To know how many life jacket and location of jacket in your ship plz check your <strong>&#8220;fire control and safety plan&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SOLAS REGULATION:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Carrying minimum capacity<\/strong>. Each person onboard must have its personal life jacket + extra life jacket for the watch keeper + 5% extra life jacket at Muster station or Embarkation station<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>TYPE<\/strong>: (1) inflatable (2) rigid<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>MADE<\/strong>: Non Flammable material or synthetic buoyant material<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>COLOUR<\/strong>: internationally ORANGE in color, highly visible.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>WORN<\/strong>: it should be donning within 1 min without any help from assistance. (at least 75% person), and it should be comfortable to wear.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>JUMP<\/strong>: it is capable to allow jump from a height of at least 4.5 m into water without injury of life jacket and personal.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>BUOYANCY<\/strong>: it should not be reduced by more than 5% after 24 hour submersion in fresh water.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>ACCESSORIES<\/strong>:<br \/>\n1) Retro reflective taps.<br \/>\n2) Non conducting whistle secure with lanyard<br \/>\n<strong>3) Manual igniting light:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2666 White in color<br \/>\n\u2666\u00a0Capable of burning continues &amp; its luminous intensity not be less than 0.75 c (candela) having min 50 and max 70 flashes per minute for a period of 8 hour.<br \/>\n\u2666It shall not sustain burning or continues melting after being totally enveloped in a fire for a period of 2 sec.<br \/>\n<strong>MARKING:<\/strong><br \/>\na. Manufacture name<br \/>\nb. Serial number<br \/>\nc. Date of manufacture<br \/>\nd. Weight capacity<br \/>\ne. &#8220;FRONT&#8221; word printed<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022H.E.L.P. = HEAT ESCAPE LESSENING POSTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIFEJACKET &#8211; It&#8217;s personal L.S.A To know how many life jacket and location of jacket in your ship plz check your &#8220;fire control and safety plan&#8221; SOLAS REGULATION: \u2022 Carrying minimum capacity. Each person onboard must have its personal life jacket + extra life jacket for the watch keeper + 5% extra life jacket at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5940","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\/5940","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=5940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5943,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5940\/revisions\/5943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seadonna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}