Life Saving Equipments

Life Saving Equipments
By: A/0 Diloy, Julie Ann
1. Lifebuoy
 Designed to be thrown to a person in water, to provide buoyancy and to
prevent drowning until rescue.
 Located beside bodies of water that has the depth or potential to drown someone.
 Have a quick release arrangement which can be launch easily in emergency situation.
 The surface of the device must be highly visible.
 Should have affixed to it retroreflective tape at four equidistant points around the
core to be visible on both sides.
Lifebuoy with line Lifebuoy with light
Lifebuoy with light and smoke
Types of lifebuoy
 Lifebuoy with line

This lifebuoy comes with a line. This is used for men in the water to hold
on to. It has a line connected to the ship. This line allows the casualty
to be pulled to the rescuer.
 Lifebuoy with light

This is a lifebuoy with self igniting lights which cannot be extinguished
by water and can operate for a period of at least 2 hours.
 Lifebuoy with light and smoke
This lifebuoy go with self igniting lights and self activating smoke
signals which emits smoke of a highly visible color at a uniform rate
for at least 15 minutes in calm water.
2. Lifejacket
 worn/ donned during drills and emergency.
 keep the person floating in water.
 have retroreflective tape that is often sewn to the fabric to facilitate a person
being spotted in darkness when a search light is shone towards the wearer.
 shall be fitted with light and whistle firmly secured by a cord.
Donning Lifejacket
1. Tie the neck string without loosening and the neck string must not be too tight.
2. The waist string should be tied tightly.
3. Tie the breast string without losing the tie.
4. The complete wear of the life jacket.
3. Immersion Suit
 It is a protective suit which reduces the body heat loss of a person
wearing it in cold water.
 It can cover the whole body with the exception of the face.
 Hands are also covered unless permanently atteched gloves are
provided.
 It has buoyancy and is designed to be worn without a lifejacket and is
fitted with light and whistle.
Donning immersion suit

1. Remove shoes if time permits
2. Put suit on over clothing as you are wearing a pair of cover alls
3. Pull hood over head
4. Slowly pull up zipper taking care that clothing does not catch in
zipper.
5. Close face flap
6. Relax- suit is buoyant and warm
4. Thermal protective aids

 Is a bag or suit made of water proof material with low thermal
conductivity.
 It is used to reduce the loss of survivors body heat.
 This is worn with a life jacket
Donning thermal protective aids
5. Visual signals
A. Rocket parachute flares
Is an emergency signal for marking the position in case of distress.

Should be contained in a water-resistant casing, should have brief
instructions or diagrams clearly illustrating the use of the rocket
parachute flare printed on its casing. The rocket shall be fired 15 degrees
vertically downwind, reach an altitude of not less than 300 m. Also suitable
by day or night.
How to use:
1. Remove top cap.

2. Remove bottom cap and safety pin.
3. Hold signal ready to fire.
4. Squeeze the trigger.
*Warning: Eject rocketprojectile do not point at people.
B. Hand Flares
Hand flares are used to guide the searching ship or aircraft or

pinpoint the survivors position. They are ideal for day or night use.Their
range is 5 nautical miles by day and 10 nautical miles by night.Hold the flare
by gripping it at the safe holding position marked on the flare and tilt the
flare. As much as possible, wrap your hand in wet cloth or towel to protect
it against radiating heat and falling sparks.
How to use:
1. Point downwind. Held by red handle only. Pull handle

base downward.
2. Twist handle until stop and arrow marks alligned.
3. Strike base of handle sharply with palm of hand or on

hard surface.
C. Buoyant smoke signal
Their range is at the most about two to three nautical miles in good
visibility.Buoyant Smoke signals are used to pinpoint the survivors’
position.They are for daytime use only. Iit shall emit smoke of highly visible
color at a uniform rate for a period not less than three minutes when
floating in calm water. It shall continue to emit smoke when submerged in
water for a period of ten second under 100mm of water.
How To use
1. unscrew cap.
2. pull loop.
3. throw smoke signal overboard.
d. water proof signal torch/ flashlight
It is used as a means of signaling or locating other survivors in

the water during night time or in restricted visibility. It always go with a
spare bulb and battery.
E. Daylight Signalling Mirror with Instruction
Made of polished stainless steel with engraved sighting rings

and bearing rod.In case of distress, this is used to attract attention
from ships or aircrafts nearby. The use of this requires a source of
light mainly the sun. This is stowed in a pack and comes along with the
operating instructions.
How to use:
1. hold forsight in left hand and in front of heliograph.
2. align hole in heliograph with hole in forsight and with

the target.
3. angle the heliograph until sun shines into reflecting

strip on fore sight. A black dot will appear on strip.
4. while black dot shows over the forsight hole, you are
flashing on target. In strong sunshine, reflecting strip may
cause glare so use reverse side of fore sight.
6. Audio signal
A. whistle
Use to attract attention over short distances, they are more effective than
the human voice.
B. Radio Transmitting dveice
1. portable radio- designed to take of on-scene(short-range) communication

needs after a shipwreck.
2. emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)
This device can be activated manually or automatically during distress.

Once it is activated, it begins transmitting signals which are received by
satellites and aircraft. Signals picked up by satellite, are forwarded to
earth stations for decoding and processing.
3. Search and rescue transponders (SART)
It is designed for search and rescue operations, help to localize

liferafts and lifeboats after damage at sea or shipwreck. It is designed to be
put stand-by on the removal of the switch block, and to automatically
respond only when interrogated from a 9GHz radar/x-band radar.

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Lifebuoy with line Lifebuoy with light

Lifebuoy with light and smoke

 Lifebuoy with line

 Lifebuoy with light

Donning immersion suit

4. Thermal protective aids

A. Rocket parachute flares

Is an emergency signal for marking the position in case of distress.

1. Remove top cap.

Hand flares are used to guide the searching ship or aircraft or

1. Point downwind. Held by red handle only. Pull handle

2. Twist handle until stop and arrow marks alligned.

3. Strike base of handle sharply with palm of hand or on

C. Buoyant smoke signal

3. throw smoke signal overboard.

d. water proof signal torch/ flashlight

It is used as a means of signaling or locating other survivors in

Made of polished stainless steel with engraved sighting rings

1. hold forsight in left hand and in front of heliograph.

2. align hole in heliograph with hole in forsight and with

3. angle the heliograph until sun shines into reflecting

B. Radio Transmitting dveice

1. portable radio- designed to take of on-scene(short-range) communication

2. emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)

This device can be activated manually or automatically during distress.

It is designed for search and rescue operations, help to localize

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