Lifejacket Donning Instructions Pdf
Edie Staniszewski
Note that Bluestorm Gear provides life jacket donning instructions with images, sewn into the back of all our inflatable PFDs. Additional information and images for donning a life jacket are provided below.
Your Bluestorm life jacket also came with a manual with donning instructions when purchased. If you need a new one, you can download it from our website by tapping the link for your respective inflatable life jacket below.
To don a Bluestorm life jacket, there are four steps to follow. To ensure safety, your vest should be worn over any clothing you plan to wear during its use. Do not wear your life jacket under any clothing, as it could lead to serious injury.
The first step to donning a life jacket is to insert your arms between the straps and the vest. Note the side with the lining, which has the donning instructions and UL label sewn into it, should be pressed against the body.
Inspect your life jacket to be familiar with your adjustment options. Some life jackets have one-side adjustment and others have dual-side adjustments. Adjust your strap to tighten, ensuring the vest fits snug on you.
Picking out a new life jacket should be fun and exciting. Not only are they for safety, but they also show off your aesthetic and how you want to look while out on the water. To help make sure you are wearing your new PFD properly, here are some common questions that users may ask when donning a life jacket.
IMO poster for lifejacket donning. This IMO-compliant guide provides step-by-step instructions for correctly wearing lifejackets, meeting the standards set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Whether you're a maritime professional or a recreational sailor, this poster simplifies the process, ensuring safety on the water.
IMO-compliant lifejacket donning poster. With clear step-by-step instructions, this guide ensures you correctly wear lifejackets, meeting International Maritime Organisation (IMO) standards. Perfect for both maritime professionals and recreational sailors, this poster simplifies the process, guaranteeing safety on the water.
The Safety Instructions for the cabins and public areas show where you are in relation to the assembly stations/embarkation station. They also contain instructions in case of emergency, the route to the lifejacket storage areas, and the instructions for putting on the lifejackets. This plan also shows the positions of the lifeboats, embarkation stations, and life jacket stowage areas on the respective decks.
The Safety Instruction sign in a cabin displays the primary and alternative route to the designated assembly station, displayed in both plan view and side view, emergency instructions, and donning instructions for the lifejackets.
The Safety Instructions for the public areas show where you are in relation to the assembly stations, the instructions in case of emergency and near the lifejacket storage areas, and the instructions for putting on the lifejackets. This plan also shows in a plan view the positions of the lifeboats, embarkation stations, and life jacket stowage areas on the respective decks.
We can provide the engineering and drawing work for the Safety Instructions fully in line with the complete escape route system, consisting of the LLL with their mini symbols, photoluminescent and electrical escape route symbols, and the instructions explaining the symbols used and other relevant information.
PV9520 is a top of the line SOLAS solid lifejacket designed to be folded to take up minimal space when stored. There is no dead buoyancy across the chest which means better freedom of movement for the user, which ultimately makes it easier to board the liferaft. The lifejacket has a back panel which provides extra comfort, and a side entry which ensures easy donning. It has an integrated donning instruction printed on the panel.
The lifejacket is equipped with a crotch strap to ensure proper fit and performance after impact with water. The waist belt is 175cm according to MSC.200 regulations ensuring one-size fits all for both universal and oversize crew and passengers. The lifejacket can be marked with customised marking of i.e. cabin number. All lifejackets are produced and certified according to the updated MSC.200 regulation and according to ISO9001:2008.
Though immersion suits are vital personal safety equipment on ships, the officers responsible for inspecting life-saving appliances often neglect to perform thorough checks of immersion suits. This neglect poses a dangerous risk to the lives of seafarers on board.
To understand the requirements for immersion suits, maritime professionals should refer to the relevant sections in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) Code, which we will cover below.
An immersion suit, complying with the requirements of section 2.3 of the Code or an anti-exposure suit complying with section 2.4 of the Code, of an appropriate size, shall be provided for every person assigned to crew the rescue boat or assigned to the marine evacuation system party. If the ship is constantly engaged in warm climates* where, in the opinion of the Administration thermal protection is unnecessary, this protective clothing need not be carried.
2.3.1.4 An immersion suit which has buoyancy and is designed to be worn without a lifejacket shall be fitted with a light complying with the requirements of paragraph 2.2.3 and the whistle prescribed by paragraph 2.2.1.14.
2.3.1.5 An immersion suit which has buoyancy and is designed to be worn without a lifejacket shall be provided with a releasable buoyant line or other means to secure it to a suit worn by another person in the water.
2.3.1.6 An immersion suit which has buoyancy and is designed to be worn without a lifejacket shall be provided with a suitable means to allow a rescuer to lift the wearer from the water into a survival craft or rescue boat.
2.3.1.7 If an immersion suit is to be worn in conjunction with a lifejacket, the lifejacket shall be worn over the immersion suit. Persons wearing such an immersion suit shall be able to don a lifejacket without assistance. The immersion suit shall be marked to indicate that it must be worn in conjunction with a compatible lifejacket.
4.1 All passenger ships shall carry for each lifeboat on the ship at least three immersion suits complying with the requirements of section 2.3 of the Code and, in addition, a thermal protective aid complying with the requirements of section 2.5 of the Code for every person to be accommodated in the lifeboat and not provided with an immersion suit. These immersion suits and thermal protective aids need not be carried:
3.1 This paragraph applies to all cargo ships. However, with respect to cargo ships constructed before 1 July 2006, paragraphs 3.2 to 3.5 shall be complied with not later than the first safety equipment survey on or after 1 July 2006.
3.2 An immersion suit of an appropriate size, complying with the requirements of section 2.3 of the Code shall be provided for every person on board the ship. However, for ships other than bulk carriers, as defined in regulation IX/1, these immersion suits need not be required if the ship is constantly engaged on voyages in warm climates* where, in the opinion of the Administration, immersion suits are unnecessary.
* Refer to Guidelines for the assessment of thermal protection (MSC/Circ.1046).
3.3 If a ship has any watch or work stations which are located remotely from the place or places where immersion suits are normally stowed, including remotely located survival craft carried in accordance with regulation 31.1.4, additional immersion suits of an appropriate size shall be provided at these locations for the number of persons normally on watch or working at those locations at any time.
Immersion Suit Instructions from Flag State Administrations FlagRequirementsCircular AustraliaRefer to Marine Order 25.Website BahamasRefer to BMA Marine Notice MN085.Website BahrainRefer to PMA Directive No. SOLAS/10.Website Cayman IslandsRefer to Shipping Notice MACI 003/2007Website CyprusRefer to Circular No.12/2006Website DenmarkRefer to DMA Circular No.013Website GibraltarRefer to Shipping Guidance Notice 021Website Isle of ManRefer to Manx Shipping Notice MSN 062Website LiberiaRefer to Marine Notice SAF-007Website LuxembourgRefer to Circular CAM 01/2021Website MalaysiaRefer to MALAYSIAN SHIPPING NOTICE MSN 19/2008Website MaltaRefer to Technical Notice SLS.8Website Marshall IslandsRefer to Marine Notice No.2-011-5Website NorwayRefer to RSR 08-2014Website PanamaRefer to Merchant Marine Circular No.144Website SingaporeRefer to Shipping Circulars No. 31 of 2005 on MPA Website.Website Sri LankaRefer to Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 18/2016Website VanuatuRefer to Fleet / Safety Letter 06085.GENWebsite
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