United States Coast Guard

Boat Crew Handbook - Rescue and Survival Procedures (BCH16114.2 - December 2017) United States Coast Guard

1. PURPOSE. This Handbook provides guidance on how to survive in maritime environments and situations. Major topics within this handbook are survivability factors, survival equipment and pyrotechnics, and egress and life rafts. 2. DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. The Boat Crew Seamanship Handbook, COMDTINST M16114.5C, is canceled. 3. DISCUSSION. This Handbook provides guidance on how to survive in maritime environments and situations. 4. MAJOR CHANGES. First issue. 5. DISCLAIMER. This guidance is not a substitute for applicable legal requirements, nor is it itself a rule. It is intended to provide operational guidance for Coast Guard personnel and is not intended to nor does it impose legally-binding requirements on any party outside the Coast Guard. 6. IMPACT ASSESSMENT. No impact assessment warranted.