Code of Federal Regulations Title 46. Shipping § 46.122.520 Abandon ship and man overboard drills and training

(1) Each member of the crew shall participate in at least one abandon ship drill each month;  and

(2) If more than 25% of the crew have not participated in an abandon ship drill on board that particular vessel or sister vessel in the previous month, a drill must be conducted before the vessel gets underway with passengers aboard.

(1) Summoning the crew to report to assigned stations and prepare for assigned duties;

(2) Summoning passengers on a vessel on an overnight voyage to areas of refuge or embarkation stations and ensuring that they are made aware of how the order to abandon ship will be given;

(3) Checking that life jackets are correctly donned;

(4) Operation of any davits used for launching liferafts;  and

(5) Instruction on the automatic and manual deployment of survival craft.

(1) Once each month, if reasonable and practicable;  but

(2) At least once within a 3 month period before the vessel gets underway with passengers.

(1) Date of the drill and training;  and

(2) General description of the drill scenario and training topics.