[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 46, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 46CFR108.901]



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                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 108_DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart J_Muster List

 

Sec.  108.901  Muster list and emergency instructions.





    (a) General. Copies of clear instructions must be provided on the 

unit, detailing the actions that each person on



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board should follow in the event of an emergency.

    (b) Muster list. Copies of the muster list must be posted in 

conspicuous places throughout the unit including on the navigating 

bridge, in the control room, and in accommodation spaces. The muster 

list must be posted at all times while the unit is in service. After the 

muster list has been prepared, if any change takes place that 

necessitates an alteration in the muster list, the person in charge must 

either revise the muster list or prepare a new one. Muster lists must 

provide the following information:

    (1) Each muster list must specify instructions for operating the 

general emergency alarm system.

    (2) Each muster list must specify the emergency signals.

    (3) Each muster list must specify the actions to be taken by the 

crew and industrial personnel when each signal is sounded.

    (4) Each muster list must specify how the order to abandon the unit 

will be given.

    (5) Each muster list must specify the persons that are assigned to 

make sure that lifesaving and firefighting appliances are maintained in 

good condition and ready for immediate use.

    (6) The muster list must specify the duties assigned to the 

different industrial personnel and members of the crew that include--

    (i) Closing the watertight doors, fire doors, valves, scuppers, 

sidescuttles, skylights, portholes, and other similar openings in the 

unit's hull;

    (ii) Equipping the survival craft and other lifesaving appliances;

    (iii) Preparing and launching the survival craft;

    (iv) Preparing other lifesaving appliances;

    (v) Mustering the visitors and other persons in addition to the crew 

and industrial personnel;

    (vi) Using communication equipment;

    (vii) Manning the emergency squad assigned to deal with fires and 

other emergencies;

    (viii) Special duties assigned with respect to the use of 

firefighting equipment and installations;

    (ix) Cover the duties of the crew and industrial personnel in case 

of collisions or other serious casualties; and

    (x) Cover the duties of the crew and industrial personnel in case of 

severe storms.

    (7) Each muster list must specify the duties assigned to industrial 

personnel and members of the crew in relation to visitors and other 

persons on board in case of an emergency that include--

    (i) Warning visitors and other persons on board;

    (ii) Seeing that visitors and other persons on board are suitably 

dressed and have donned their lifejackets or immersion suits correctly;

    (iii) Assembling visitors and other persons on board at muster 

stations; and

    (iv) Keeping order in the passageways and on the stairways and 

generally controlling the movements of the visitors and other persons on 

board;

    (8) Each muster list must specify substitutes for key persons if 

they are disabled, taking into account that different emergencies 

require different actions.

    (c) Emergency instructions. Illustrations and instructions in 

English and any other appropriate language, as determined by the OCMI, 

must be posted in each cabin used for persons who are not members of the 

crew or industrial personnel. They must be conspicuously displayed at 

each muster station and in other accommodation spaces to inform 

personnel of--

    (1) The fire and emergency signal;

    (2) Their muster station;

    (3) The essential actions they must take in an emergency;

    (4) The location of lifejackets, including child-size lifejackets;

    (5) The method of donning lifejackets;

    (6) If immersion suits are provided, the location of the immersion 

suits; and

    (7) Fully illustrated instructions on the method of donning 

immersion suits.



[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25299, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52815, Oct. 

1, 1998]



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