All liferafts on ships are fitted with the following equipment:
- Rescue quoits with minimum 30-metre lines
- Non-folding knife with a buoyant handle. If the life raft holds more than 13 persons, then a second knife
- For 12 persons or less, 1 bailer. For more than 13 persons, 2 bailers should be kept
- 2 sponges
- 2 buoyant paddles
- 3 tin openers
- 2 sea anchors
- 1 pair of scissors
- 1 first aid waterproof kit
- 1 whistle
- 1 waterproof torch for communicating morse code with 1 spare set of batteries and bulb
- 1 signalling mirror/heliograph
- 1 radar reflector
- 1 life-saving signals waterproof card
- 1 fishing tackle
- Food ration totalling not less than 10000 kJ for each person
- Water ration- 1.5 litres of fresh water for each person
- One rust proof graduated drinking vessel
- Anti sea sickness medicine sufficient for at least 48 hours and one seasickness bag for each person
- Instructions on how to survive (Survival booklet)
- Instructions on immediate action
- TPA sufficient for 10% of the number of persons or two, whichever is greater
- Marking shall be SOLAS ‘A’ Pack
- 6 Hand Flares
- 4 Rocket Parachute Flares
- 2 Buoyant Smoke Signals
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