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NavalStanding by on a safety line to jump in
A person is in the water and the rescue boat is on its way. You are the crewmember who puts on a lifejacket or immersion suit, has a safety line attached and stands by to jump into the water to help recover the person, only if it becomes necessary. It is the fourth step of the federal man overboard procedure for commercial fishing vessels.
Free to startScenarios
- The monthly drill, run on board as if it were a real emergency.
- The rescue boat picks the person up and nobody needs to go in.
- The person needs help in the water to be recovered.
The steps
- Take your lifejacket or immersion suit, of the proper size for you, from where it is stowed.
- Put it on.
- Have a safety line attached to you.
- Stand by, ready to jump into the water.
- Jump in only if necessary to assist in recovering the person in the water.
Safety rules that stop the station
- Nobody goes into the water to help without a lifejacket or immersion suit and a safety line attached.
To pass
- Lifejacket or immersion suit on, safety line attached, standing by before anyone jumps.
- There is at least one immersion suit, exposure suit or wearable flotation device of the proper size for each person on board, stowed where it can be reached from both the work station and the berthing area.
- Each wearable flotation device is marked with the name of the vessel, its owner or the person it is assigned to, and is inspected, cleaned and repaired as necessary every month.
- Every person on board drilled and instructed each month on recovering someone from the water and on donning immersion suits and other wearable flotation devices.
Official source
U.S. Coast Guard · 46 CFR 28.110, 28.265 and 28.270
46 CFR Part 28: Requirements for Commercial Fishing Industry Vessels (28.265 Emergency instructions, 28.270 Instruction, drills, and safety orientation)
The eCFR publishes 46 CFR Part 28 free: the emergency instructions every commercial fishing vessel posts, its lifesaving equipment and the monthly drills.
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