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Training of Personnel in Rescue of Persons in WaterAPI RECOMMENDED PRACTICE T-7SECOND EDITION,OCTOBER 1995REAFFIRMED,JANUARY 2013Copyright American Petroleum Institute Copyright American Petroleum Institute Training of Personnel in Rescue of Persons in WaterUpstream SegmentAPI RECOMMENDED PRACTICE T-7SECOND EDITION,OCTOBER 1995REAFFIRMED,JANUARY 2013Copyright American Petroleum Institute SPECIAL NOTES1.API PUBLICATIONS NECESSARILY ADDRESS PROBLEMS OF A GENERALNATURE.WITH RESPECT TO PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES,LOCAL,STATE,AND FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS SHOULD BE REVIEWED.2.API IS NOT UNDERTAKING TO MEET THE DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS,MANU-FACTURERS,OR SUPPLIERS TO WARN AND PROPERLY TRAIN AND EQUIPTHEIR EMPLOYEES,AND OTHERS EXPOSED,CONCERNING HEALTH ANDSAFETYRISKS AND PRECAUTIONS,NOR UNDERTAKING THEIR OBLIGATIONSUNDER LOCAL,STATE,OR FEDERAL LAWS.3.INFORMATION CONCERNING SAFETY AND HEALTH RISKS AND PROPERPRECAUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PARTICULAR MATERIALS AND CONDI-TIONS SHOULD BE OBTAINED FROM THE EMPLOYER,THE MANUFACTUREROR SUPPLIER OF THAT MATERIAL,OR THE MATERIAL SAFETY DATASHEET.4.NOTHING CONTAINED IN ANYAPI PUBLICATION IS TO BE CONSTRUED ASGRANTING ANY RIGHT,BY IMPLICATION OR OTHERWISE,FOR THE MANU-FACTURE,SALE,OR USE OF ANY METHOD,APPARATUS,OR PRODUCT COV-ERED BY LETTERS PATENT.NEITHER SHOULD ANYTHING CONTAINED INTHE PUBLICATION BE CONSTRUED AS INSURING ANYONE AGAINST LIABIL-ITY FOR INFRINGEMENT OF LETTERS PATENT.5.GENERALLY,API STANDARDS ARE REVIEWED AND REVISED,REAF-FIRMED,OR WITHDRAWN AT LEAST EVERYFIVE YEARS.SOMETIMES AONE-TIME EXTENSION OF UP TO TWO YEARS WILL BE ADDED TO THIS REVIEWCYCLE.THIS PUBLICATION WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT FIVE YEARS AF-TER ITS PUBLICATION DATE AS AN OPERATIVE API STANDARD OR,WHEREAN EXTENSION HAS BEEN GRANTED,UPON REPUBLICATION.STATUS OF THEPUBLICATION CAN BE ASCERTAINED FROM THE API AUTHORING DEPART-MENT TELEPHONE(202)682-8000.A CATALOG OF API PUBLICATIONS ANDMATERIALS IS PUBLISHED ANNUALLY AND UPDATED QUARTERLY BY API,1220 L STREET,N.W.,WASHINGTON,D.C.20005.All rights reserved.No part of this work may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or other-wise,without prior written permission from the publisher.Contact API Publications Manager,1220 L Street,N.W.,Washington,D.C.20005.Copyright 1995 American Petroleum InstituteCopyright American Petroleum Institute iiiCONTENTSPage0 INTRODUCTION.10.1 Notification.10.2 Communications.10.3 Locate.10.4 Survival.10.5 Recovery.10.6 Post-Recovery First Aid.11 SCOPE.12 REFERENCES.23 RECORDS.24 GENERAL INFORMATION.25 RESCUE DEVICESDESCRIPTION AND USE.25.1 Platform and MODU.25.2 Helicopters.35.3 Rescuing Vessels.35.4 Survival Craft.45.5 Rescue Boats.46 TRAINING GUIDELINES.46.1 General Training Information.46.2 Platform and MODU.56.3 Helicopters.56.4 Rescuing Vessels.66.5 Inflatable Rafts.66.6 Survival Craft.76.7 Rescue Boats.8Copyright American Petroleum Institute ivFOREWORDThis Recommended Practice(RP)was developed under the jurisdiction of the Ameri-can Petroleum Institutes(APIs)former Committee on Offshore Safety and Anti-PollutionTraining and Motivation(OSAPTM),and its parent,API Production Department Execu-tive Committee on Training and Development.It has been prepared with the overall advi-sory guidance of the API,the Offshore Operators Committee(OOC),the Western StatesPetroleum Association(WSPA),the International Association of Drilling Contractors(IADC),the Helicopter Safety Advisory Conference(HSAC),and the Offshore Marine Ser-vice Association(OMSA).Criteria presented in this Recommended Practice should be used as a guide for rescuetraining programs by companies engaged in offshore operations.Such programs shall beconsistent with applicable authorities and regulations.Training should include techniquesfor assistance in the rescue of persons in the water at the job site or during transportationto/from the work location,and be consistent with safe practice.This publication includes usage of the verbs shall and should,whichever is the moreapplicable to the function.Both shall and should are positive statements and should betreated as such.For the purpose of this publication the following definitions apply:Shall:Indicates that the function has universal applicability to the specific activity.Should:Indicates that:(1)the function may have an alternative practice that is equiva-lent and could be applied;or(2)the practice may not be practical or necessary under cer-tain conditions;or(3)the practice may not be applicable to a specific facility orconfiguration.API publications may be used by anyone desiring to do so.Every effort has been madeby the Institute to assure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained in them;however,the Institute makes no representation,warranty,or guarantee in connection with this pub-lication and hereby expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility for loss or damageresulting from its use or for the violation of any federal,state,