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responsibilities.
Potential emergency situations likely to involve the ship should be analysed and actions required by seafarers during the emergency should be practised at drills.
A drill must be held prior to sailing when a ship enters service for first time, after a major modification or when a new crew is engaged.
The person in command must ensure that a muster list is compiled and kept up to date.[12]
When first joining a ship, seafarers must be informed of the location of the muster stations and the survival craft to which they have been assigned and of their duties in emergency situations. All seafarers with assigned emergency duties must be familiar with these duties before the start of the voyage.
Each seafarer must participate in drills in accordance with the requirements of the person in command and Marine Order 21 and SOLAS Regulation III/19, and the ship's safety management system, which sets out the procedure to be followed for an emergency stations practice muster.
Each seafarer must participate in at least one abandon ship drill and fire drill every month.
Drills should involve all seafarers but, in some circumstances, it might be preferable to confine certain drills to seafarers with specific tasks.
The timing of drills should be varied to ensure that seafarers who have not taken part in a particular drill should participate in the next drill. Seafarers should receive drill training as soon as possible. The abandon ship and fire drills must take place within 24 hours of the ship leaving a port if more than 25% of the seafarers have not participated in abandon and fire drills on board that particular ship in the previous month.
All seafarers should muster at a drill wearing the appropriate clothing and wearing life-jackets. Arrangements for drills should take account of prevailing weather conditions and be conducted as if there were an actual emergency.
Where practicable, drills should be conducted in a way that minimises the disturbance of rest periods and does not cause fatigue.
Although drills are an essential part of emergency training, a training scheme should consist of more than just drills. Information on subjects such as hypothermia and instructions on the use of particular equipment should be provided.

4.1              Fire-fighting Equipment
In accordance with Marine Order 15 a fire control plan must be permanently displayed on the ship. The plan must show the control stations for each deck and particulars of fire detection and fire alarm systems, sprinkler installation, fire-extinguishing appliances, means of access, details of the ventilation system and other relevant information for fire control.
At all times while a ship is in service, the fire-fighting equipment must be maintained ready for use, tested and inspected in