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Immersion Suit Requirements

What is Immersion Suit Requirements as per SOLAS? 


  1. The Suits shall be Constructed with waterproof materials. 
  2. It can be donned without assistance with in 2 minute. 
  3. It will not sustain burning or continues melting after being totally envelope in fire for a period of a 2 seconds. 
  4. It will cover the whole body with the exception of the Face. 
  5. It is provided with arrangements to minimize or reduce free air in the legs of the suits. 
  6. There is no undue ingress of water into the suits when a jump from a height of not less than 4.5 meter. 
  7. An Immersion suits shall permit the person to climb up & down a vertical ladder atleast 5 meter in length, perform normal duties associated with abandon ship. 
  8. It allows the wearer to jump from a height of atleast 4.5 meter into the water without injury & without dislodging Or damaging the Immersion suit. 
  9. Swim short distance through the water & board a survival craft. 
  10. An Immersion Suit which has buoyancy & is designed to be worn without a life jacket shall be fitted with a light shall have a luminous intensity of not less than 0.75 cd in all direction of the upper hemisphere for a period of atleast 8 hrs & must be white colour. 
  11. Each Immersion suit shall be fitted with whistle firmly secured by a cord. 
  12. When it is wron for a period of 1 hours in calm circulating water at a temperature of 5°C, The wearer's body temperature doesn't fall more than 2°C.
  13. Turn the body of an unconscious person in the water from any position to one where the mouth is clear of the water is not more than 5 Second. 

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