Emergency training drills

(1) In all ships training in the procedures specified in accordance with regulation 100 shall be carried out at least once per month. The Administration may accept other equivalent procedures or training arrangements for specific ships. (2) Training drills shall as far as practicable be conducted as if there were an actual emergency. (3) Each lifeboat shall be launched with its assigned operating crew aboard and manoeuvred in the water at least once every three months during an abandon ship drill. (4) As far as reasonable and practicable, rescue boats other than lifeboats which are also rescue boats, shall be launched each month with their assigned crew aboard and manoeuvred in the water. In all cases this requirement shall be complied with at least once every three months. (5) On board training in the use of the ship’s lifesaving appliances, including survival craft equipment shall be given as soon as possible but not later than two weeks after a crew member or person joins the ship. Merchant Ships (Registration) 203 (6) The dates when training in the procedures specified in regulation 100(3) are held shall be recorded in the Official Log Book. A. Safety Radio Requirements