Safety, Fire & Survival · PFDs & Immersion Suits
An immersion suit's primary purpose is to:
- AProtect the wearer from hypothermia in cold water✓ Correct
- BServe as a fire-entry suit
- CReplace the need for a life raft
- DProvide breathing air underwater
Explanation
An immersion (survival) suit provides thermal insulation and flotation to dramatically slow the onset of hypothermia in cold water. It is not a fire suit and provides no breathing air; it buys survival time until rescue.
Authority: SOLAS III; 46 CFR Part 160 (immersion suits)
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