MASS EVACUATION AND RECOVERY SYSTEM COMPRISING OF INFLATABLE LIFE RAFTS MAY BE DEPLOYED RAPIDLY IN CASE OF DISASTER AT SEA. THE RAFTS MAY DEPLOYABLE BY AIR AS WELL AS SURFACE PLATFORMS.
Recovering people from lifeboats or life rafts to any place of safety is time consuming and exhausting. Also, lifting people with a helicopter, or by climbing ladders/sramble nets up ship sides adds to precious recovery and turnaround time. In case of disaster at sea, involving mass rescue and evacuation, there is a need of an alternative Mass evacuation & rescue system which is practically feasible and economically viable.
Mass evacuation & recovery system comprising of inflatable liferafts may be deployed rapidly in the area so that persons in water may embark these rafts. The rafts may be deployable by air as well as surface platforms.
Each liferaft may have following facilities :-
(a) Capacity for about 24-32 persons
(b) Liftable (with magnetic hook)
(c) Symmetric units, may be combined into sections with four to six units
(d) Fitted with chutes or sides for easy embarkation disembarkation
(e) Robust buoyant base construction with requisite canopy and liftable slings/ points
(f) Compliant with SOLAS regulaions
