Personal Survival Technique
The following are my lecture notes - 14-15 April 2011, Room 415, Mr. Ruben B. Quirona, TMTCP Ermita Manila
Table of Contents
1. Trainings & drill
2. Emergency situation
a. Types of emergency
b. Emergency signals
c. Muster list
3. Evacuation
a. Launching lifeboat
4. Cold water survival
5. Marshaling life raft and rescuing survivors from sea
6. Survival craft and rescue boat
a. Lifeboat
b. Liferaft
c. Rescue boat
7. Lunching arrangements
a. Boat Davit
b. Lifeboat davit
8. Personal Life-saving Appliances
a. Lifebuoys
b. Lifejackets
c. Immersion suit
d. Thermal protective aid
9. Signaling Equipment and Pyrotechnics
a. List of signaling equipment
b. Pyrotechnics
c. Hand flares
d. Buoyant smoke signal
e. GPIRB (Combined GPS EPIRB)
10. Helicopter Rescue
a. Helicopter pick-up requirement
b. Correct way to Don the Harness and
c. Adopt a safe posture
2. Emergency situation
a. Types of emergency
b. Emergency signals
c. Muster list
3. Evacuation
a. Launching lifeboat
4. Cold water survival
5. Marshaling life raft and rescuing survivors from sea
6. Survival craft and rescue boat
a. Lifeboat
b. Liferaft
c. Rescue boat
7. Lunching arrangements
a. Boat Davit
b. Lifeboat davit
8. Personal Life-saving Appliances
a. Lifebuoys
b. Lifejackets
c. Immersion suit
d. Thermal protective aid
9. Signaling Equipment and Pyrotechnics
a. List of signaling equipment
b. Pyrotechnics
c. Hand flares
d. Buoyant smoke signal
e. GPIRB (Combined GPS EPIRB)
10. Helicopter Rescue
a. Helicopter pick-up requirement
b. Correct way to Don the Harness and
c. Adopt a safe posture
Trainings & Drill
Each member of the crew participates in t least one abandon ship drill or fire drill once a month.