Marine Safety VICTORIA

Minimum Safety Equipment

All safety equipment required to be carried on board must be:

•  placed or located in a conspicuous and readily accessible position at all times
• kept in good order at all times
• maintained or serviced in a way that ensures they are able to be operated at all times
•  serviced on or before the date specified by the manufacturer for that item of equipment 
• in the case of fire extinguishers, be maintained in accordance with the relevant standard for fire protection equipment. PFD (per person on board/towed)
• Approved fire extinguisher (where any fuel is carried)
• Waterproof buoyant torch Anchor and chain or line or both Bailer (if no electric or manual bilge pumping system)
• Bucket with lanyard (can also double as a bailer) Electric or manual bilge pumping system (if vessel has covered bilge or closed underfloor compartments)
• Pair of oars with rowlocks or pair of paddles (vessels 0–4.8 m)
• Hand held orange smoke signals Hand held red distress flares Lifebuoy (vessels 8–12 m in length)
• Lifebuoy (vessels 12 m+) One dinghy or liferaft (vessels 12 m+)
• Compass Marine radio Red star parachute distress rocket Approved EPIRB Type 1

All information is current at time of printing (March 2006). For full legislative details, refer to the Marine Act 1988