MES & Liferaft

1. ______ is made up of separate cells with sloping slides, enabling safe descent and transfer from the vessel to the evacuations rafts.

• Evacuation chute

• Emergency chute

• Embarkation chute

• Sayonara chute

2. In deploying the liferaft, the "main method" for you & me is to _______

• Actuate the Hammar Remote Release Vacuum Pump

• Secure that dedicated key from the Bosun

• Push the Hammar cylinder pump to operate

• Using both hands, pull the handle and cylinder in opposite direction

3. Auxiliary equipment contained in our yellow grab bag includes:

• Shoe covers, LED flashlight, survival handbook

• Bungee ropes only

• Raft knife only

• 2 pcs flexible lines, raft knife

4. And the purpose of these flexible lines inside the yellow grab bag is to:

• Serve as a grappling line

• Lash crew belongings on raft deck during heavy seas

• Secure chute into the raft & to stabilize the chute in wind and heavy seas.

• Secure evacuee to the raft

5. How many speed(s) that the self-reeling winch have?

• Three

• Fast & slow

• Four

• Single speed only

6. What happens when you slack off that blue line/rope inside the MES container?

• It will release the MES aluminum ramp

• It will release the back door by means of gas cylinders

• It will deploy the chute

• The front cabinet door will open

7. The back is opened, you are now ready to push the aluminum launching ramp, how do you control the lowering of the chute?

• Use a wooden pulley to facilitate smooth lowering

• Ensure there are kinks on the rope to control lowering

• Ensure the rope has a round bend to a railing to control chute lowering

• Two men are required on both sides of the chute to hold both ropes

8. This is the line which bowse, inflates and secures the raft in the correct position

• The winching line (white/red) that you heave using the winch

• The Red line on the side of the cabinet

• The Yellow rope from deck 1

• The Blue line inside the cabinet

9. It is possible to climb out from the chute from any of the cells.

• True

• Maybe

• False

• Only on the Master's verbal command

10. This rope is used to tighten and secure the chute in the ship’s side.

• The white & red rope

• The Blue rope

• The rope inside the grab bag

• The Red rope