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9-Marine Evacuation Slide

This document discusses requirements for marine evacuation slides and their platforms. It states that slides must provide safe descent for people of various characteristics into life rafts or survival craft. Platforms must be buoyant, stable, self-draining, subdivided, and capable of securing multiple life rafts. Slides must be deployable by one person and transfer all persons aboard into life rafts within 30 minutes for passenger ships or 10 minutes for cargo ships from the abandon ship signal.

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9-Marine Evacuation Slide

This document discusses requirements for marine evacuation slides and their platforms. It states that slides must provide safe descent for people of various characteristics into life rafts or survival craft. Platforms must be buoyant, stable, self-draining, subdivided, and capable of securing multiple life rafts. Slides must be deployable by one person and transfer all persons aboard into life rafts within 30 minutes for passenger ships or 10 minutes for cargo ships from the abandon ship signal.

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Official (Open)

Proficiency in survival craft and rescue


boats other than fast rescue boats

MFY2013
Official (Open)

Marine Evacuation Slide

MFY2013
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Construction of MES
• The passage of the marine evacuation system shall
provide for safe descent of persons of various ages,
sizes and physical capabilities wearing approved
lifejackets from the embarkation station to the
floating platform or survival craft.

• Strength and construction of the passage and


platform shall be to the satisfaction of the
Administration.

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MES Platform
• Shall be such that sufficient buoyancy will be
provided for the working load.

• In the case of an inflatable platform, the main


buoyancy chambers, which for this purpose shall
include any thwarts or floor inflatable structural
members are to meet the requirements.

• Shall be stable in a seaway and provide a safe


working area for the system operators.

• Shall be of sufficient area that will provide for the


securing of at least two life rafts for boarding and to
accommodate at least the number of persons that
at any time are expected to be on the platform.

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MES Platform
Platform shall be: -
• self-draining;

• subdivided in such a way that the loss of gas from


any one compartment will not restrict its operational
use as a means of evacuation.

• fitted with buoyancy tubes that are subdivided or


protected against damage occurring from contact
with the ship's side.

• provided with mooring and bowsing line patches of


sufficient strength to securely attach the largest
inflatable life raft associated with the system.

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Marine Evacuation Slide


• Shall be capable of deployment by one person;
• Designed such as to enable the total number of
persons for which it is designed, to be
transferred from the ship into the inflated liferafts

 Passenger ship within a period of 30 min

 Cargo ship within 10 min from the time


abandon ship signal is given

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Marine Evacuation Slide


• Arranged such that life rafts may be securely
attached to the platform and released from the
platform by a person either in the life raft or on the
platform;

• Capable of being deployed from the ship under


unfavourable conditions of a trim of up to 10° and a
list of up to 20° either way.

MFY2013
Official (Open)

Marine Evacuation Slide

THE END

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