Alaska Marine Safety

Education Association

Instructor's List
of Supplies & Equipment for Teaching
Survival Equipment, Procedures and Onboard Drills Courses

This is a list of teaching supplies and equipment for instructors teaching AMSEA’s USCG-accepted 10-hour or 18-hour drill conductor classes. Classroom session and drill aboard a vessel are included in both 10-hour or 18-hour drill conductor classes. Firefighting practice, pool session and flare demonstration are add-ons for 18-hour courses.

The following list is is also available as a printable PDF (4 pages).

REQUIRED PAPERWORK, BOOKS AND BROCHURES

Available to order from AMSEA.

• Emergency Instruction and Drill Manual (23 pages in paper folder) – also available to download and print
• Beating the Odds On Northern Waters(book)
• Drill Conductor Cards (one for each student 16 or older who completes the training)
• Course Roster/Reporting Form – also available to download and print
• Drill Conductor Course Skills Checklist – also available to download and print
• Instructor’s Course Evaluation Form – also available to download and print or to submit via online submission form
• Student Course Evaluation Form (one for each student) – also available to download and print
• Assumption of Risk and Release Form (one for each student) – also available to download and print

OPTIONAL BOOKS AND BROCHURES

Available to order from AMSEA.

• Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Digest(98 pages in 3-ring binder) available to purchase or as a free printable, download
• USCG Commercial Fishing Regulation booklets
• Marine debris education pamphlets, stickers, etc. – brochure also available to download and print
• Brochures: Responding to Dive Emergencies in Alaska – for classes that include commercial harvest divers; also available to download and print
• Brochures: Seven Ways to Get Hurt (or Killed) While Commercial Fishing in Alaska – also available to download and print

SUGGESTED VIDEOS TO USE AS TEACHING AIDS

Available to borrow from AMSEA’s video library. Many other videos also available. Please use AMSEA's online video order form.

• Rescues at Sea: A Guide To Helicopter Rescue & Dewatering Pumps
• Flooding Control: Knowledge & Tools To Prevent Sinking
• Lifesling: Use of Lifesling Rescue Device
• Cold Water Casualty
• Fishing Vessel Stability: Operational Practices

REQUIRED CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Available to borrow from AMSEA’s lending gear collection. Please use AMSEA's online equipment order form.

• EPIRB (nonworking demonstrator)
• SOLAS A Kit liferaft equipment pack
• Inflatable wearable PFDs (one USCG approved, one non-approved)
• Appropriately sized immersion suit for each student (use students’ own suits if available)

REQUIRED CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

To be supplied by the instructor; not typically available from AMSEA

• Mayday scenarios
• Plastic Bags (Grocery store type; two for each immersion suit)
• Zipper Wax (contact AMSEA with questions about this)
• Digital camera, scanner, copy machine or other means to capture copies of students’ photo IDs
• Fire extinguisher(s) – CO2

OPTIONAL CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

Available to borrow from AMSEA’s lending gear collection. Please use AMSEA's online equipment order form.

• Mayday practice microphones
• Audio recording of actuaL maydays
• Appropriately sized immersion suit(s) for instructor(s)
• Dummy Flares
• Assorted PFDs:
• 1 type I
• 1Type II
• 4 Type III
• 1 float coat with beavertail
• 1 coverall

OPTIONAL CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

To be supplied by the instructor; not available from AMSEA

• Card laminator and laminating supplies
• Nametags
• Extension cord
• Laptop computer and peripherals such as mouse, speakers, projector
• DVD and/or VHS player and TV
• Coffee and tea supplies
• Snacks

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR DRILL ABOARD A VESSEL

Available to borrow from AMSEA’s lending gear collection. Please use AMSEA's online equipment order form.

• Abandon ship kit
• Life raft with line attached
• Inflator or pump
• Sample hydrostatic release
• Smoke (fog) generator
• Damage control kit
• Flooding simulation pipe
• Man overboard throwable device

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR DRILL ABOARD A VESSEL

To be supplied by the instructor; not available from AMSEA

• Vessel appropriate to the course
• Extension cord

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR DRILL ABOARD A VESSEL

Available to borrow from AMSEA’s lending gear collection. Please use AMSEA's online equipment order form.

• Empty life raft canister with hydrostatic release
• Dummy fire extinguisher

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES FOR FIREFIGHTING PRACTICE

To be supplied by the instructor; not available from AMSEA

• Appropriate site for fires
• Charged extinguishers of various types: CO2, sodium bicarbonate, dry chemical, foam, water
• Gasoline/diesel mix
• Flares
• Pole
• Metal fire pan
• Water

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR POOL SESSION

Available to borrow from AMSEA’s lending gear collection. Please use AMSEA's online equipment order form.

• Life raft
• Inflator or pump
• Appropriately sized immersion suit for each student (use students’ own suits if available)
• Assorted PFDs

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR POOL SESSION

To be supplied by the instructor; not available from AMSEA

• Pool
• Lifeguard

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR A FLARE DEMONSTRATION

To be supplied by the instructor; not available from AMSEA

• Live flares
• VHF Radio
• Fire extinguisher(s) of an appropriate type
• Burn kit

OTHER OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

May be available from the USCG; not available from AMSEA

• Dewatering pump
• Helicopter rescue equipment
• Damage Control trainer

The above list is is also available as a printable PDF (4 pages).