Chapter 15 - Emergency equipment

  15.1.1 All ships should be provided with an adequate number of first-aid kits and equipment with contents suitable to the on board location and recognized provisions for personnel safety hazards of such locations.

  15.1.2 With respect to the nature of the voyage, ship operations and the ability to communicate and obtain timely assistance of medical aid or medical evacuation, exemptions of certain medical equipment, medicaments and facilities may be considered unreasonable or unnecessary.

  15.1.3 Crews operating in Arctic ice-covered waters should be provided with appropriate equipment and training to safely evacuate an individual in a medical emergency from the ship.

  15.2.1 Special consideration should be given to the reserve supply of fuel and lubricants taking into account the effect of heavy ice on fuel consumption.

  15.2.2 Single screw ships may require special consideration (redundancy) in remote areas where conditions impose a risk of damage to machinery components.

  15.3.1 All icebreakers should carry the following emergency equipment:

• .1 portable gas welding equipment for welding and cutting with a reserve of electrodes; and

• .2 portable electro-submersible pump of 100 t/h capacity with a set of hoses.

  15.3.2 Where built-up propellers are used, consideration should be given to the carriage of spare blades and of equipment facilitating removal and replacement.