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.