SAFTEY SYSTEM ON BOARD

EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

- Personal accidents
- Involuntary stranding
- Approach
- Wáter ways and flood
- Fire and explosion prevention
- Abandonment of the boat.

SIGN AND SYMBOLS

It is used in maritime navigation to transmit messages, either between two or more ships or between one ship and land or port. To this end, there are flangs of diferent shapes and colors, each representing a letter of the international alphabet, as well as number from 1 to 0.

FIRST AID AND MEDICAL CARE

Before leaving, it is important to supply the ship with a first aid kit. All the crew must carry their medical record, both digital history should include medications for allergies that you suffer among others. Crew first aid resources must be vital in these situations.

MAN OVERBOARD

Alarm voice given when a person falls into the water. Maneover performed to recover a person fallen into the water.

ABANDON SHIP

The worst situation that we can find on board a boat is the abandonment of the boat. When the captain makes that decision, it is because he has exhausted all posibilities and considens that the boat is no longer a safe place for his crew, As a general rule, it is the captain who must order the abandonment of the ship.

SEARCH AND RESCUE

These actions provide immediate and effective response in search and rescue operations, in orde to safeguard human life at sea by locating people, rescues, medical assistance, maritime evacuations and support for boats.

TERMS ABOVE LIFE - SAVING APPLIANCES

The individual Rescue devices are:
- Lifebuoys
- Immersion suit
- Weather protection suit
- Terminal aids
There are also visual signal such as:
- Parachutes flares rockets
- Hand flares
- Floating smoke signals, among others.