Code No: 796
Video Running Time: 37 minutes
There are several types of rescue boat, from the larger fast
rescue boats or FRB's, found on passenger ro-ro 's and
offshore, to the smaller rescue boats found on ships such as oil
tankers and anchor handlers. The rescue operations carried out with
all these boats are similar and include recovering casualties from
the sea and towing survival craft.
The boat crews all need good training in handling their rescue
boats, and in carrying out operations with them. This video is
intended to support this training. The video has been designed to
cover the topics listed in the STCW requirements for fast rescue
boat coxswains. The operations it examines are important to all
types of rescue boat. The video is divided into 12 sections to
enable fast access to the required information. It is accompanied
by an extensive workbook that gives further details of the
procedures demonstrated in the video and a huge amount of
additional information useful to both rescue boat crews and those
tasked with training them.
The sections of the video and some of the issues they include
are:
- Design and Equipment - The general design and features of
rescue boats and the difference between jet drive and propeller
drive.
- Crew and Personal Protective Equipment - The significance of
wearing the correct personal protection as required by SOLAS.
- Launching Equipment - The importance of knowing and maintaining
the davit arrangements on your ship.
- Launching - The correct procedure for launching a rescue boat
in a seaway is demonstrated.
- In a Seaway - The issues of how to handle rescue boats under
all weather conditions is examined.
- Search patterns - A brief discussion and demonstration of the
most effective search patterns for fast rescue boats.
- Picking up a Casualty -Several techniques are demonstrated
including recovery of an unconscious person, the assisted recovery
of a conscious person and the use of recovery cradles.
- Recovery - The correct procedure for recovering a rescue boat
with a casualty in a seaway is demonstrated.
- Helicopter Operations - General considerations are covered and
the use of the hi-line is shown.
- Righting the Boat - How to right a capsized rescue boat and the
most effective methods of getting out from it are shown.
- Other Operations - The issues of towing survival craft and
liferafts are illustrated and discussed.
- Maintenance and Training - The programme concludes by
emphasising the importance of good training, proper maintenance and
regular practice.
Graphics are extensively used to demonstrate the adjustment of
the throttle to match the sea conditions and position of the boat
on the waves.
The objective of this training package is to contribute to the
training of crew operating rescue boats of all types. Only with
good training and regular practice will the duties of the rescue
boat crew become second nature -enabling them to save the lives of
casualties when required.
