FM 4-01.502 ARMY WATERCRAFT SAFETY

US Army Field Manual on CD in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

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This manual provides guidance and technical information relevant to safety and survival equipment/systems used by US Army watercraft. Items listed in Appendix A are provided by the Marine Safety Office as safety equipment recommended for use aboard Army Watercraft. Vessel Technical Manuals and Basic Issue Items lists should be consulted for required equipment.

The manual contains guidance, instructions, technical data, illustrations, and procedures pertinent to the application, inspection, modification, maintenance, and the use of safety equipment, safety policies, and survival systems. The primary users of this manual are watercraft masters and key personnel engaged in the supervision, operation, or maintenance of US Army watercraft.

This manual provides a single source of guidance and technical information relevant to rescue equipment, survival systems and safety policies used on Army watercraft by Army watercraft personnel. NOTE: Deviations from configurations of equipment presented in this manual are not recommended and are not authorized. To maintain standardization and to preclude the dangers of operating with potentially unsafe equipment, modifications to rescue equipment and survival systems are not authorized.

Because watercraft units have a unique requirement for the specific vessel Annual Safety Survey, commanders will appoint, in writing, a person to manage the unit’s Annual Safety Survey program in addition to the generic duties of the Unit Safety Officer. This individual is responsible for the unit administration and coordination of the safety equipment inspection and maintenance requirements outlined in this manual.

This manual contains guidance, instructions, technical data, drawings, illustrations, procedures, and descriptions pertinent to the configuration, modification, application, inspection, fabrication, maintenance and repair, and the use of rescue equipment and survival systems. The Transportation Branch Marine Safety Office, Fort Eustis, VA, will formulate, produce, and distribute applicable changes to the equipment and to respective chapters of this manual.

PAGES: 214

PUBLICATION DATE: MAY, 2008

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