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personal flotation device
- Sinônimos - Inglês
- life jacket; life vest; individual flotation device
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Airport services manual: part 7: airport emergency planning. 2nd ed. Montreal, 1991. (Doc. 9137 AN/898).
- Nota Adicional1
- Acronym in English: PFD.
- Contexto
- Boats should be of such size as to efficiently carry the flotation equipment required with adequate space for the crew. Sufficient working space should be provided to permit rapid dispersal of the flotation devices. Inflatable life rafts should be the prime flotation equipment carried; there should be a sufficient quantity on hand to accommodate the maximum passenger load of the largest aircraft normally using the airport.
- Subárea
- Search and Rescue
- Related Term
- rescue boat
- Français
- dispositif de flottaison individuel