Life-saving appliances : including LSA code / International Maritime Organization.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Maritime Organization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lifesaving--Equipment and supplies--Testing.

Lifesaving.

Lifesaving--Equipment and supplies.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

Second edition, 2010 edition.

Place of Publication:

London : International Maritime Organization, [2010]

Contents:

Foreword

Resolution MSC. 48(66)

Preamble

General

Personal life-saving appliances

Visual signals

Survival craft

Rescue boats

Launching and embarkation appliances

Other life-saving appliances

Testing and evaluation of life-saving appliances

I. Revised recommendation on testing of life-saving appliances, as amended

Resolution MSC. 81(70)

Introduction

Part 1: Prototype tests for life-saving appliances

Lifebuoys

Lifejackets

Immersion suits, anti-exposure suits and thermal protective aids

Pyrotechnics

rocket parachute flares, hand flares and buoyant smoke signals

Liferafts

rigid and inflatable

Lifeboats

Rescue boats and fast rescure boats

Line-throwing appliances

Position-indicating lights for life-saving appliances

Hydrostatic release units

Marine evacuation systems

Searchlights for lifeboats and rescueboats

Part 2: Production and installation tests

Individual buoyancy equipment

Portable buoyancy equipment

Launching and stowage arrangements

Annex 1: Adult reference test device (RTD) design and construction

Annex 2: Child reference test device (RTD) design and construction

Annex 3 : Infant reference test device (RTD) design and construction

II. Code of practice for the evaluation, testing and acceptance of prototype novel life-saving appliances and arrangements

Resolution A.520(13)

Preamble.

Notes:

"IMO publication. Sales number: ID982E"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

9789280115079

9280115073

OCLC:

679811963