T&R Bulletin R-40: Guide to Developing a Training Manual on the Use of Life-Saving Equipment (1992)

This document provides most of the general information that should be part of such a manual. For instance, it provides a guide to cold water survival, list general precautions in the use of life jackets and immersion suits, and describes procedures for muster stations, abandon ship, and fire fighting drills. Though the contents of the manual should be as prescribed in Regulation 51, the order in which the information is presented should follow the suggested table of contents, so that it flows in a logical and uniform manner. Any cart of this information may also be presented in the form of audiovisual aids, but if so, a note to that effect must be made in the survival manual.