What are Requirements or Standard of all LSA and FFA equipments as per SOLAS ?

ALL  LSA

• Sustain Air temp -30C to +65C
• Sustain immersion in SW throughout their use in temp -1C to +30C

LIFEBUOY

• DIA –400mm TO 800mm
• WEIGHT  not less than 2.5 kgs [For quick release buoys – sufficient weight to activate the system]
• Support 14.5 Kgs iron in fresh water for 24Hrs
• Sustain being engulfed in fire for 2 seconds
• Sustain drop into water from at least 30m or from greater height if stowed higher
• Grabline Dia at least 9.5mm
• Grabline length at least 4 times the OD of the buoy.

S.I LIGHTS

• Luminous Intensity not less than 2 cd
• Fixed or Flashing
• If flashing then 50 to 70 flashes per minute
• Source of energy for at least 2 Hours
• Sustain drop into water from at least 30m or from greater height if stowed higher

SELF ACTIVATING SMOKE SIGNALS

• Smoke of highly visible colour for 15 Minutes
• Not explosively ignite or emit flame ever
• Should not get swamped in a seaway
• Continue to emit smoke on submersion for 10seconds
• Sustain drop into water from at least 30m or from greater height if stowed higher

BUOYANT LIFELINES

• Non-kinking
• Dia not less than 8mm
• Breaking Strength not less than 5 kN

LIFE-JACKETS

• Sustain being engulfed in fire for 2 seconds
• Donnable within 1 minute
• Comfortable
• One way only of donning
• Wearer able to jump from 4.5m into water without injury or damaging lifejacket
• Lift mouth of unconscious person 120mm clear of water with body inclined backwards at not less than 20 deg from vertical
• Turn the body of unconscious person in not more than 5s
• Allow swimming for a short distance
• Buoyancy should not reduce less than 5% after 24 hrs immersion

Life-Jacket Light

• Luminous intensity not less than 0.75 cd
• Power for at least 8 hours with 0.75 cd light
• White light
• If flashing light then should have a manually operated switch
• Flashes 50 to 70 a minute of Lum Int 0.75 cd

IMMERSION SUITS

• Donning in 2 minutes
• Sustain being engulfed in fire for 2 seconds
• Wearer able to jump from 4.5m into water without ingress of water
• Be able to swim short distance
• Climb up and down a vertical ladder at least 5m in length

INSULATED IMMERSION  SUIT

• After 6 Hours in sea water of temp 0 to 2 C wearers body temp should not fall more than 2 C

IMMERSION SUIT worn with WARM CLOTHING

• After 1 Hour in Sea water of 5 C body temp does not fall more than 2 C

ANTI EXPOSURE SUITS

• Inherent buoyancy 70N
• Unpacked and donned within 2 minutes
• Sustain being engulfed in fire for 2 seconds
• Lateral field of vision at least 120 deg
• Climb up and down a vertical ladder at least 5m in length
• Wearer able to jump from 4.5m into water without ingress of water
• Swim 25m through water and board survival craft
• In water of temp 5 C rate of drop in wearers body temp shall not be more than 1.5 C per Hour after first half hour.

TPA

• Able to remove in water in not more than 2 min
• Function properly in air temp -30C to +20C

ROCKET PARACHUTE FLARES

• Altitude 300m
• Bright red Parachute flare near top of trajectory
• 30,000cd
• For 40seconds
• Rate of descent not more than 5m/s

HAND FLARE

• 15,000cd
• Not less than 1 minute
• Continue to burn under 100mm water for 10seconds

BUOYANT SMOKE SIGNALS

• Smoke of highly visible colour for 3 Minutes
• Not explosively ignite or emit flame ever
• Should not get swamped in a seaway
• Continue to emit smoke on submersion under 100mm water for 10seconds

LIFERAFTS GENERAL

• Withstand 30 days in water in all sea conditions
• Withstand drop of 18m or above if stowed higher
• Withstand repeated jumps into it from a height of 4.5m
• Able to be towed at 3 kts when fully loaded, fitted and sea-anchor streamed
• Means to mount SART 1m above the sea.
• Minimum capacity 6 persons
• Maximum Weight 185kgs

DAVIT LAUNCHED LIFERAFT

• Withstand lateral impact velocity 3.5m/s
• Vertical drop of 3m
• Weak-link to break at 2.2+/- 0.4kN
• HRU to release at not more than 4m depth

INFLATABLE LIFERAFTS

• Weight of each person averaged to 75kgs
• Inflate in 1 minute at an ambient temperature between 18C to 20C and within 3 min at an ambient temp of -30C

MARKING ON THE CONTAINER

• maker’s name or trade mark;
• serial number;
• name of approving authority and the number of persons it is permitted to carry;
• SOLAS;
• type of emergency pack enclosed;
• date when last serviced;
• length of painter;
• maximum permitted height of stowage above waterline (depending on drop-test height and length of painter); and
• launching instructions

MARKING ON THE LIFERAFT

• maker’s name or trade mark;
• serial number;
• date of manufacture (month and year);
• name of approving authority;
• name and place of servicing station where it was last serviced; and
• number of persons it is permitted to accommodate over each entrance in characters not less than 100 mm in height of a colour contrasting with that of the liferaft.
• Provision shall be made for marking each liferaft with the name and port of registry of the ship to which it is to be fitted, in such a form that the ship identification can be changed at any time without opening the container.

LAUNCHING APPLIANCES

• Operable at trim of 10deg and List of 20deg either way [ALL SHIPS]
• Operable at angles greater than 20deg from lower side [ALL TANKERS]

LTA

• Range at least 230m in calm weather
• Breaking strength of rope at least 2 kN

SCBA

• 1200ltrs of air or 30min service duration of air

EEBD

• 10 minutes service duration

PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

• Powder or CO2 – 5kgs
• Foam – 9 Ltrs capacity
• Total Weight Maximum 23 kgs each.
• Portable foam applicator liquid 20Ltrs + 20 Ltrs spare
• Nozzle capacity 1.5 cu.m / min

FIXED FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM

• Pre Discharge ALARM to sound for at least 20sec or for the time required to evacuate space before medium is released.

CO2 SYSTEM

• 30% of largest cargo space
• 35% of largest machinery space
• 85% of gas to be discharged into the machinery space within the 2 minutes

EMERGENCY FIRE PUMPS

• Capacity 40% of total capacity of required Fire Pumps
• But not less than
• 25 cu.m per hour for Passenger Ships
• 15 cu.m per hour for Cargo Ships
• Consecutive starts for diesel engine driven Emg Fire Pumps
• 6 in 30 minutes
• 2 in first 10 minutes
• Fuel in service tank for 3 hrs full load and outside machinery space of category A for 15 hrs full load operation of the Emg Fire Pump.