8.4 Muster list, emergency instructions and manuals

  8.4.1 Clear instructions to be followed in the event of an emergency should be provided for each person on board.

  8.4.2 Muster lists complying with the requirements of regulation III/53 of the Convention should be exhibited in conspicuous places throughout the craft including the control compartment, engine-room and crew accommodation spaces.

  8.4.3 Illustrations and instructions in appropriate languages should be posted in public spaces and be conspicuously displayed at muster stations, at other passenger spaces and near each seat to inform passengers of:

• .1 their muster station;

• .2 the essential actions they must take in an emergency;

• .3 the method of donning lifejackets.

  8.4.4 Every passenger craft should have passenger muster stations:

• .1 in the vicinity of, and which provide ready access for all the passengers to, the embarkation stations unless in the same location; and

• .2 which have ample room for the marshalling and instruction of passengers.

  8.4.5 A training manual complying with the requirements of 18.2.3 should be provided in each crew messroom and recreation room.