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Safety on MY SISU

SISU is CE-A certified vessel. According SOLAS V as well as the German national laws and guidlines she carries more than the normal safety equipment on board.

Here is a list of the main safety equipment on board:

Lifesaving & Emergency Equipment

  • Liferaft: Plastimo Transocean ISO 9650-1 >24h, 6-person, packed in valise
  • EPIRB: ACR GlobalFix with hydrostatic release (category 1)
  • AIS MOB system: easyONE (or similar personal AIS beacon)
  • 5 automatic inflatable life jackets, 275 N buoyancy
  • 5 immersion / survival suits
  • 4 rigid (hardshell) life jackets
  • 1 lifebuoy ring with SOLAS-approved buoyant line and self-igniting light
  • 1 additional lifebuoy ring with throwing line (heaving line)
  • Thermal imaging camera (FLIR) for night-time search and rescue

Medical Care Kit

  • Extended offshore / long-range medical kit (Category A or equivalent, suitable for ocean passages and remote-area operations)
    Contents include: advanced trauma supplies, suture kit, prescription medicines (under medical supervision), IV fluids and administration sets, burns treatment module, dental emergency kit, etc.
  • Saver One automated external defibrillator (AED) with adult and paediatric pads
  • Emergency oxygen kit – 3 L portable bottle with demand valve and mask

Grab Bags

Grab Bag 1: Full signalling kit (hand flares, parachute flares, smoke signals, laser flare), handheld spotlight, comprehensive first-aid kit, rescue knife

Grab Bag 2: Emergency food rations, emergency drinking water, handheld spotlight, knife

Communication & Signalling

  • ICOM VHF/GMDSS 
  • AIS Transciever Class A
  • 3 × handheld VHF radios (Icom)
  • Additional handheld VHF in skipper’s life jacket (Stabo)
  • Kennwood SSB Shortwave Radio 
  • Personal Locator Beacon (PLB): Ocean Signal rescueME PLB1 in skipper’s life jacket (Stabo)

Fire Protection

  • 6 × portable fire extinguishers (various locations throughout the vessel)
  • Fixed Seafire FM-200 automatic fire suppression system – engine room
  • Fixed Seafire automatic fire suppression system – lazarette

… and numerous additional safety items.

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