Safety, Fire & Survival · Lifesaving Appliances — Immersion Suit
Under SOLAS/STCW training standards, a seafarer should be able to don an immersion suit unaided within:
- A10 seconds
- B10 minutes
- C2 minutes✓ Correct
- D30 minutes
Explanation
The standard is to don an immersion suit (including any associated lifejacket) within 2 minutes. Rapid donning matters because cold-water survival time is short and the suit greatly slows heat loss.
Authority: SOLAS Chapter III; STCW Code A-VI/1
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