[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR28.270]

[Page 340-341]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 28_REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS
--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Requirements for Documented Vessels That Operate Beyond the 
 Boundary Lines or With More Than 16 Individuals On Board, or for Fish 
              Tender Vessels Engaged in the Aleutian Trade
 
Sec. 28.270  Instruction, drills, and safety orientation.

    (a) Drills and instruction. The master or individual in charge of 
each vessel must ensure that drills are conducted and instruction is 
given to each individual on board at least once each month. Instruction 
may be provided in conjunction with drills or at other times and places 
provided it ensures that each individual is familiar with their duties 
and their responses to at least the following contingencies:
    (1) Abandoning the vessel;
    (2) Fighting a fire in different locations on board the vessel;
    (3) Recovering an individual from the water;
    (4) Minimizing the effects of unintentional flooding;
    (5) Launching survival craft and recovering lifeboats and rescue 
boats;
    (6) Donning immersion suits and other wearable personal flotation 
devices;
    (7) Donning a fireman's outfit and a self-contained breathing 
apparatus, if the vessel is so equipped;
    (8) Making a voice radio distress call and using visual distress 
signals;
    (9) Activating the general alarm; and
    (10) Reporting inoperative alarm systems and fire detection systems.
    (b) Participation in drills. Drills must be conducted on board the 
vessel as if there were an actual emergency and must include 
participation by all individuals on board, breaking out and using 
emergency equipment, testing of all alarm and detection systems, donning 
protective clothing, and donning immersion suits, if the vessel is so 
equipped.
    (c) Training. No individual may conduct the drills or provide the 
instructions required by this section unless that individual has been 
trained in the

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proper procedures for conducting the activity.
    (d) The viewing of videotapes concerning at least the contingencies 
listed in paragraph (a) of this section, whether on board the vessel or 
not, followed by a discussion led by an individual familiar with these 
contingencies will satisfy the requirement for instruction but not the 
requirement for drills in paragraph (b) of this section or for the 
safety orientation in paragraph (e) of this section.
    (e) Safety orientation. The master or individual in charge of a 
vessel must ensure that a safety orientation is given to each individual 
on board that has not received the instruction and has not participated 
in the drills required by paragraph (a) of this section before the 
vessel may be operated.
    (f) The safety orientation must explain the emergency instructions 
required by Sec. 28.265 and cover the specific evolutions listed in 
paragraph (a) of this section.

    Note: The individual conducting the drills and instruction need not 
be the master, individual in charge of the vessel, or a member of the 
crew.

[CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, as amended by CGD 95-012, 60 FR 
48048, Sept. 18, 1995; CGD 96-046, 61 FR 57275, Nov. 5, 1996, CGD 96-
046, 62 FR 46677, Sept. 4, 1997; USCG-2002-13058, 67 FR 61278, Sept. 30, 
2002]