NVIC 01-24 Task 3.5.A

Manage survivors and survival craft after abandoning ship

SCRB-X3.5 Method of helicopter rescue

On an examination administered by the Coast Guard or as part of an approved or accepted course,

the candidate describes or selects the answer that describes helicopter rescues from a lifeboat or rescue boat.

The candidate describes helicopter rescues from a survival craft, including:

1. Visual and radio communications with the helicopter;
2. Effects of the helicopter downdraft on the survival craft;
3. Precautions when handling devices lowered from the helicopter;
4. Use of rescue devices that may be deployed from the helicopter;
5. Order of departure of survivors from survival craft;
6. Not securing devices from the helicopter to the survival craft; and
7. Information to pass on to helicopter crew upon rescue, such as: a. injuries aboard; and b. locations of other groups of survivors.