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Preparations carried out on board en route to render the assistance to the distressed vessel as per IAMSAR:

Preparations carried out on board en route to render the assistance to the distressed vessel as per IAMSAR:

On-Board Preparations:

  • A vessel en route to assist a distressed craft should prepare for possible
  • SAR action on scene, including the possible need to recover people
  • from survival craft or from the water. See “Recovery of survivors by
  • assisting vessels” later in this section.
  • Masters of vessels proceeding to assist should assess the risks they may
  • encounter on scene, including the risks such as those associated with
  • leaking cargo, etc. Information should be sought as necessary from the
  • distressed craft and/or from the RCC.

A vessel en route to assist a distressed craft should have the following equipment ready for possible use:

Life-saving and rescue equipment:

  • lifeboat
  • inflatable liferaft
  • lifejackets
  • survival suits for the crew
  • lifebuoys
  • breeches buoys
  • portable VHF radios for communication with the ship and boats deployed
  • line-throwing apparatus
  • buoyant lifelines
  • hauling lines
  • non-sparking boat hooks or grappling hooks
  • hatchets
  • rescue baskets
  • stretchers
  • pilot ladders
  • scrambling nets
  • copies of the International Code of Signals
  • radio equipment operating on MF/HF and/or VHF/UHF and capable of communicating with the RCC and rescue facilities, and with a facility for direction finding (DF)
  • supplies and survival equipment, as required
  • fire-fighting equipment
  • portable ejector pumps
  • binoculars
  • cameras
  • bailers and oars.

Signalling equipment:

  • signalling lamps
  • searchlights
  • torches
  • flare pistol with colour-coded signal flares
  • buoyant VHF/UHF marker beacons
  • floating lights
  • smoke generators
  • flame and smoke floats
  • dye markers
  • loud hailers.

Preparations for medical assistance, including:

  • stretchers
  • blankets
  • medical supplies and medicines
  • clothing
  • food
  • shelter.

Miscellaneous equipment:

  • If fitted, a gantry crane for hoisting on each side of ship with a cargo net for recovery of survivors.
  • Line running from bow to stern at the water’s edge on both sides for boats and craft to secure alongside.
  • On the lowest weather deck, pilot ladders and manropes to assist survivors boarding the vessel.
  • Vessel’s lifeboats ready for use as a boarding station.
  • Line-throwing apparatus ready for making connection with either ship in distress or survival craft.
  • Floodlights set in appropriate locations, if recovery at night.

 

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