14.10 Emergency instructions
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14.10 Emergency instructions

  14.10.1 Illustrations and instructions should be conspicuously displayed at muster stations, control positions, working spaces and accommodation spaces to inform all on board of:

  • .1 the method of donning lifejackets; and

  • .2 the method of donning immersion suits, if applicable.

  14.10.2 All persons arriving on a unit for the first time, including visitors, should upon arrival on board the unit be properly instructed in the following:

  • .1 the need to be prepared for an emergency;

  • .2 the need to observe strictly the requirements of the muster list, in particular those relating to:

— their specific conduct in any emergency,
— their survival craft station,
— the general emergency and fire alarm signals calling all personnel to their assigned stations,
— how the order to abandon the unit will be given;

  • .3 the need to be alert for the sounding of alarm signals and to respond to them in emergencies;

  • .4 the location of their own and spare lifejackets and, if provided, immersion suits and the method of properly donning them;

  • .5 the dangers and preferred method of jumping into the sea from a height, particularly when wearing a lifejacket;

  • .6 the location of means of escape including those leading to survival craft stations;

  • .7 the need to participate in any drills held during the time they are on board; and

  • .8 essential fire precautions.

Parent topic: Chapter 14 – Operating Requirements
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