199.80—Muster list and emergency instructions.
(a) General.
Clear instructions must be provided on the vessel that detail the actions each person on board should follow in the event of an emergency.
(b) Muster list.
Copies of the muster list must be posted in conspicuous places throughout the vessel including on the navigating bridge, in the engine room, and in crew accommodation spaces. The muster list must be posted before the vessel begins its voyage. After the muster list has been prepared, if any change takes place that necessitates an alteration in the muster list, the master must either revise the existing muster list or prepare a new one. Each muster lists must at least specify—
(5)
The officers that are assigned to make sure that lifesaving and firefighting appliances are maintained in good condition and ready for immediate use;
(i)
Closing the watertight doors, fire doors, valves, scuppers, sidescuttles, skylights, portholes, and other similar openings in the vessel's hull;
(7)
The duties assigned to members of the crew in relation to passengers and other persons on board in case of an emergency. Assigned duties to be specified include—
(ii)
Seeing that passengers and other persons on board are suitably dressed and have donned their lifejackets or immersion suits correctly;
(iv)
Keeping order in the passageways and on the stairways and generally controlling the movements of the passengers and other persons on board; and
(8)
The substitutes for key persons if they are disabled, taking into account that different emergencies require different actions.
(c) Emergency instructions.
Illustrations and instructions in English, and any other appropriate language as determined by the OCMI, must be posted in each passenger cabin and in spaces occupied by persons other than crew, and must be conspicuously displayed at each muster station. The illustrations and instructions must include information on—
[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52818, Oct. 1, 1998]