MSC/Circ.1114 25 May 2004 GUIDELINES FOR PERIODIC TESTING OF IMMERSION SUIT AND ANTI-EXPOSURE SUIT SEAMS AND CLOSURES 1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-eighth session (12 to 21 May 2004), recognizing that shipboard inspections of immersion suits and anti-exposure suits carried out in accordance with SOLAS regulation III/20.7 and MSC/Circ.1047 may not be adequate to detect deterioration of seams and closures of the suits due to adhesive ageing, and having considered the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Ship […]
Les combinaisons d’immersion et d’abandon.
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Combinaisons de protection thermique en cas d’immersion
Les combinaisons de survie en mer et Immersion and survival suit
NF EN ISO 15027-1 Combinaisons de protection thermique en cas d’immersion – Partie 1 : combinaisons de port permanent,
La présente partie de l’ISO 15027 spécifie les exigences de performances et de sécurité qui s’appliquent aux combinaisons d’immersion de port permanent pour une utilisation au travail et pour les loisirs, afin de protéger le corps de l’utilisateur contre les effets de l’immersion dans l’eau froide, comme le choc froid et l’hypothermie. Elle est applicable aux combinaisons d’immersion et de port permanent sèches ou humides. Les combinaisons d’abandon ne sont pas couvertes par la présente partie de l’ISO 15027.
NF EN ISO 15027-2 Partie 2 :Combinaisons de protection thermique en cas d’immersion – Partie 2 : combinaisons d’abandon,
La présente partie de l’ISO 15027 spécifie les exigences de performances et de sécurité qui s’appliquent aux combinaisons d’abandon en conditions d’urgence pour une utilisation au travail et pour les loisirs, et destinées à protéger l’utilisateur contre les effets de l’immersion dans l’eau froide, comme le choc froid ou l’hypothermie, incluant la protection de la tête, des mains et des pieds. Elle est applicable aux combinaisons d’abandon sèches ou humides.
Arrêté du 2 mai 2002 portant modification de l’arrêté du 23 novembre 1987 relatif à la sécurité des navires NOR : EQUH0200873A Le ministre de l’équipement, des transports et du logement, Vu le décret no 84-810 du 30 aout 1984 modifié relatif à la sauvegarde de la vie humaine en mer, à l’habitabilité à bord des navires et à la prévention de la pollution ; Vu l’arrêté du 23 novembre 1987 modifié relatif à la sécurité des navires ; Vu […]
Development cooperation between SINTEF and special clothing manufacturer Helly Hansen has led to offshore workers on the Norwegian continental shelf being issued with helicopter suits that keep their wearers either warm or cool as conditions require. Tests in the pool at SINTEF showed that the newly developed suit provides good protection against loss of body heat if a helicopter downs in the sea. In 2008, the two partners were nominated for Norway’s most prestigious design prize for the suit. Dissatisfied […]
ARGENTINA – WORLDWIDE
The Pilmic company, an Argentinean based safety concern tell us it has come up with the ultimate in immersion suits and has received approval for the product from the Prefectura Naval Argentina (PNA) effectively the country’s coast guard service and part of the interior and national security defence systems. The suit certainly appears to offer a high value safety option for merchant and private sailors and the like particularly in regions where hypothermia presents a very real hazard.
A video of the suit in action can be seen HERE and shows not only its ability to float in the traditional position with the wearer on his or her back but demonstrates, despite it’s obvious bulkiness out of water, the suit’s ability to enable swimming either on back or front, the possibility to simply ‘stand’ upright in the water and float vertically and the transparent plastic ‘tent’ which can be worn whilst eating, drinking or simply lying back.
SeaWind WORK / SURVIVAL SUIT
Key features built into the Sea Wind:
Ergonomy – pre-shaped construction with 100% freedom of movement
Breathability – durable fabrics with highly breathable properties from GoreTex
Lightweight – made as a shell product to reduce weight
Ventilation – pit-zips (underarm-zips) to enhance ventilation in controlled situations
Waterproof zip in collar for easy donning
Pockets – roomy pockets constructed with mesh to enhance the breathable properties of the fabric and placed where they are of no hindrance to normal movement
Gloves and hood in neoprene, lifting becket and pen-pocket
For easy integration with safety equipment as harnesses and SeaLion lifejackets, the suit is « clean » on both chest and back
The suit fulfils the requirements of the IMO/Solas LSA code, as a 1 hour immersion/quick donning suit without internal buoyancy
