CAT.IDE.H.305 Survival equipment

ADDITIONAL SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT

(a)The following additional survival equipment should be carried when required:

(1)500 ml of water for each 4, or fraction of 4, persons on board;

(2)one knife;

(3)first-aid equipment; and

(4)one set of air/ground codes.

(b)In addition, when polar conditions are expected, the following should be carried:

(1)a means for melting snow;

(2)one snow shovel and 1 ice saw;

(3)sleeping bags for use by 1/3 of all persons on board and space blankets for the remainder or space blankets for all passengers on board; and

(4)one arctic/polar suit for each crew member.

(c)If any item of equipment contained in the above list is already carried on board the helicopter in accordance with another requirement, there is no need for this to be duplicated.

SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT The signalling equipment for making distress signals is described in ICAO Annex 2, Rules of the Air.

AREAS IN WHICH SEARCH AND RESCUE WOULD BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT The expression ‘areas in which search and rescue would be especially difficult’ should be interpreted, in this context, as meaning:

(a)areas so designated by the authority responsible for managing search and rescue; or

(b)areas that are largely uninhabited and where:

(1)the authority referred to in (a) has not published any information to confirm whether search and rescue would be or would not be especially difficult; and

(2)the authority referred to in (a) does not, as a matter of policy, designate areas as being especially difficult for search and rescue.