2 Requirements for means of rescue
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2 Requirements for means of rescue

  2.1 The means of rescue should provide for the safe transfer of persons, including helpless persons, from the water level to the deck of the ship.

  2.2 The means of rescue should provide an area of at least 9 m2 at water level to receive rescued persons.

  2.3 The rescue area into which the means of rescue is launched should be adequately illuminated from the deck of the ship.

  2.4 The means of rescue should be one of the following:

  • .1 A marine evacuation system complying with the requirements of paragraph 6.2 footnote providing a suitable floating platform, with a ladder or other means to ascend to the deck for able-bodied persons, and a mechanically powered means to safely hoist persons lying down. If an inclined passage of a marine evacuation system is intended to provide the means of transfer from the platform to the deck of the ship for able-bodied persons, the inclined passage should be provided with suitable handholds or portable ladders with steps having an efficient non-slip surface.

  • .2 A device complying with the requirements for davit-launched liferafts in paragraphs 4.1.3.1, 4.1.4.1, 4.1.5.1.1, and in the case of an inflatable device, 4.2.2, 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.3, 4.2.2.4, 4.2.7, 4.2.8.1, 4.2.8.2 (if fitted) and 4.2.9.1, or in the case of a rigid device, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.6.2, 4.3.6.3, 4.3.6.4, 4.3.6.6, 4.3.6.9, 4.3.6.10 and 4.3.7, to provide a suitable floating platform. The device should be used with a launching appliance, meeting the requirements of 6.1 or equivalent, with a powered winch motor capable of raising the loaded device from the water to the deck of the ship with the total number of persons for which it is approved as a means of rescue at a rate of not less than 0.3 m/s. A safety device should be fitted to prevent over stressing the launching appliance. Additionally the device should comply with the following:

    • .2.1 the device should be of a highly visible colour, and should be protected against damage when moving against the ship's side;

    • .2.2 the occupants should be protected against injury caused by the launching appliance;

    • .2.3 two boarding ramps complying with 4.2.4.1 or 4.3.4.1 should be fitted;

    • .2.4 the maximum number of persons permitted on the device should be conspicuously marked;

    • .2.5 the floor should be self-draining;

    • .2.6 suitable means should be provided for bowsing in the device to the ship's side;

    • .2.7 one knife of a type described in 4.1.5.1.2 should be stowed in a pocket close to each bowsing line attachment patch;

    • .2.8 a special arrangement should be fitted to close the gap between the loaded device and the deck when the rescued persons board the ship;

    • .2.9 the device should be conspicuously marked to prevent confusion with liferafts;

    • .2.10 if inflatable, the inflation system should be quickly initiated by a manual control; and

    • .2.11 means should be provided for preventing occupants from falling from the device on impact with the ship's side.

    • .3 A means of rescue approved by the Administration in accordance with SOLAS regulation III/4.3.

Parent topic: Annex - Recommendation on Means of Rescue on Ro-Ro Passenger Ships
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