lifeboat drills
Ship safety practice
Lifeboat drills are practice exercises aboard ships where passengers and crew rehearse emergency evacuation procedures—locating life jackets, proceeding to assigned stations, and boarding lifeboats.
Maritime regulations require them shortly after departure.
The term sometimes extends to any rehearsal for worst-case scenarios: The company ran lifeboat drills for a potential bankruptcy.
- inflatable raftsAir-filled floating vessels
- life jacketsWearable flotation devices
- distress signalsUrgent pleas for rescue
- evacuation routesPlanned emergency exit paths
- emergency exitsDesignated escape routes
davits · rough seas · crew · contingency planning · emergency flares · survival training · oars · muster · assembly point · simulation exercises · instructional videos · communication protocols · crisis management · first aid kits · alarm · cruise ships · ship captain · maritime law
- shipboard activitiessailing, navigation, fishing, steering, swabbing
- seamanshipseamanship, steering, anchoring, navigation, chartwork
- naval trainingofficer training, naval training, naval academy, seamanship, cadet training
- maritime trainingcadet training, seamanship, navigation training, officer training, maritime safety
- naval drillsfire drills, battle drills, emergency drills, naval exercises, damage control
- ship operationsanchoring, berthing, docking, undocking, mooring
lifeboat drillsship sinking
Vessel descending below water
abandon ship · maritime disaster · shipwreck · the real thing · Titanic sinking
lifeboat drillsnegligence
Failure to exercise care
unpreparedness · complacency · dereliction of duty · chaos · panic