NVIC 01-24 Task 3.5.B

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 life raft and from the water.

The candidate describes helicopter rescues from a life raft and from the water, including:

1. Visual and radio communications with the helicopter: a. effects of the helicopter downdraft on the life raft including: b. the possibility of capsizing; c. the possible need to deflate the roof of the life raft;
2. Precautions when handling devices lowered from the helicopter;
3. Use of rescue devices that may be deployed from the helicopter;
4. Order of departure of survivors from life raft;
5. Not securing devices from the helicopter to the life raft; and
6. Information to pass on to helicopter crew upon rescue, such as: a. injuries aboard; and b. locations of other groups of survivors.