Maritime Search and Rescue Manual developed for low-resource areas Разработано руководство по поиску и спасанию на море для районов с ограниченными ресурсами

Издание на английском языке
This book is a guide to marine safety, navigation, ship handling and rescue operations. It covers safety equipment, navigation basics, traffic rules, mooring, anchoring, emergency response and search and rescue operations. Suitable for marine professionals and lovers of safe navigation.

Content
Unit 1: Personal protective equipment (PPE)
1.1. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
1.2. Maintenance and care of PPE
1.3. What to do should you end up in the water
Unit 2: Tide and weather
2.1. Tides
2.2. Weather
Unit 3: Basic navigation
3.1. Basic chartwork, navigation and buoyage
3.2. Latitude and longitude
3.3. Plotting a position
3.4. Plotting a course
3.5. GPS (Global Positioning System)
Unit 4: Rules of the road - IRPCS
4.1. Key rules
4.2. Navigation lights
Unit 5: Ropework
5.1. Ropework
5.2. Knots
Unit 6: Rescue vessels
6.1. Terms used
6.2. Types of vessels
6.3. Stability
6.4. Types of engines and drives
6.5. Boat and engine spares
6.6. Regular servicing and checks
6.7. Boat safety equipment
Unit 7: Boathandling
7.1. Engine controls
7.2. Boathandling
7.3. Pivot points
7.4. Factors affecting boathandling
Unit 8: Mooring, berthing and beaching
8.1. Mooring
8.2. Berthing
8.3 Beaching
Unit 9: Anchoring
9.1. Anchoring
Unit 10: Man overboard (MOB) and person recovery
10.1. Man overboard
10.2. Person recovery
Unit 11: Towing
11.1. Factors to consider when setting up a tow
11.2. Astern tow
11.3. Alongside tow
Unit 12: Distress and Emergency Situations
12.1. Distress signals
12.2. The "MAYDAY" distress call
Unit 13: Search and rescue (SAR) information and planning
13.1. Risk versus benefit
13.2. Search abbreviations
13.3. Tasking process
13.4. Types of searches
13.5. Setting up a search
Unit 14: Datum searches
14.1. Rapid response method
14.2. Expanding square search
14.3. Sector search
Unit 15: Area searches
15.1. Area searches
15.2. Search techniques
Unit 16: Post-incident procedures
16.1. Post-incident procedures