Muster list
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Muster list

  14.10.11 Muster lists should be exhibited in conspicuous places throughout the unit including the control rooms and accommodation spaces. Muster lists should be drawn up in the working language or languages of the crew.

  14.10.12 The muster list should specify details of the general alarm system signals and also the action to be taken in all operating modes by every person when these alarms are sounded, indicating the location to which they should go and the general duties, if any, they would be expected to perform.

  14.10.13 The following duties should be included in the muster list:

  • .1 closing of the watertight doors, fire doors, valves, vent inlets and outlets, scuppers, sidescuttles, skylights, portholes and other similar openings in the unit;

  • .2 equipping of the survival craft and other life-saving appliances;

  • .3 preparation and launching of survival craft;

  • .4 general preparation of other life-saving appliances;

  • .5 muster of visitors;

  • .6 use of communication equipment;

  • .7 manning of fire parties assigned to deal with fires;

  • .8 special duties assigned in respect to the use of fire-fighting equipment and installations;

  • .9 emergency duties on the helicopter deck; and

  • .10 special duties assigned in the event of an uncontrolled escape of hydrocarbons or hydrogen sulphide, including emergency shutdown.

  14.10.14 The muster list should specify substitutes for key persons who may become disabled, taking into account that different emergencies may call for different actions.

  14.10.15 The muster list should show the duties assigned to regularly assigned personnel in relation to visitors in case of emergency.

  14.10.16 Each unit should have a current muster list revised as necessary to reflect any procedural changes.

  14.10.17 In deciding on the level of detail to be included in the muster list, account should be taken of information available in other documents, e.g., operating manual.


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