Is mandatory to have a immersion suit, for sailors, for oil rigs but if you have a boat you should have at least two immersion suits and some of the Thermal Protective Aid, Survival Bag.
Also this is some items that must have with your suit.
• A whistle on a lanyard to permit the wearer to signal for help
• An emergency strobe light beacon with a water-activated battery
• An inflatable air bladder to lift the wearer's head up out of the water
• Tethered mittens to better insulate the hands
• An emergency radio locator beacon
• A "Buddy line" to attach to others' suits to keep the group together for rescue
The wearer have only to minutes to put on the immersion suit as a requirement.
The trick to put on the immersion suit is to first put the legs in, then one of the arms, then the head and last the other arm.
A ship's captain (or master) may be required to hold drills periodically to ensure that everyone can get to the survival suit storage quickly, and don the suit in the allotted amount of time. In the event of an emergency, it should be possible to put on a survival suit and abandon ship in about one minute.
Ship or Vessel Abandonment (Evacuation)
This type of survival suit's flotation and thermal protection is usually better than an immersion protection work suit, and typically extends a person's survival by several hours while waiting for rescue.
An adult survival suit is often a large bulky one-size-fits-all design meant to fit a wide range of sizes.
The Neoprene material used is a synthetic rubber closed-cell foam, containing a multitude of tiny air bubbles making the suit sufficiently buoyant to also be a personal flotation device.
The seams of the neoprene suit are sewn and taped to seal out the cold ocean water, and the suit also has strips of SOLAS specified retroreflective tape on the arms, legs, and head to permit the wearer to be located at night from a rescue aircraft or ship.
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