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Compulsory safety and first aid equipment

1. Alpha Pavilion (by night: Red/White/Red lights). Rule n°27 of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (RIPAM), prefectural decrees, Transport Code and Sport Code art. A322-79. For more information,Click here.
   
2. Immersible notation tablet (Cds, art. A322-78-2).
   
3. Set of decompression tables during dives beyond 6 m in a natural environment (Cds, art. A322-78-2).
   
4. Emergency air bottle equipped with its ready-to-use regulator (Cds, art. A322-78-2).
   
5. Means of communication to prevent emergency services. At sea from a boat, VHF mandatory (Cds art. A322-78-1 and R322-4).
   
6. Emergency plan and emergency organization table (Cds, art. A322-78-1 and R322-4). To know more :click here.
   
7. First aid kit (Cds, art. R322-4).
   
8. Drinking fresh water (Cds, art. A322-78-1).
   
9. Isothermal cover (Cds, art. A322-78-2).
   
10. Means of recalling immersion divers from the surface, for dives in the natural environment from a boat (Cds, art. A322-78-2).
    
11. Oxygen therapy equipment (Cds, art. A322-78-1):
    BAVU with oxygen reserve bag;
    Three masks, large, medium and small model;
    A mask with high concentration;
    A normobaric oxygen therapy unit of sufficient capacity to allow, in the event of an accident, appropriate management of the situation until the arrival of medical help with pressure regulator, flow-litre and connection hose to the BAVU or with a high-concentration mask.
    Rescue equipment is regularly checked and properly maintained.
    
12. Evacuation sheets according to the standard model (Cds, art. A322-78-1). To know more :Click here.
    
13. A safety sheet kept by any means for one year (Cds, art. A322-72 and Cdt, art. R4461-13). To know more :Click here.

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