What is LSA Code?
> LSA Code provides international requirements for the life-saving appliances required by chapter III of the 1974 SOLAS Convention.
It include the requirement of personal life-saving appliances like
> lifebuoys, lifejackets, immersion suits, anti-exposure suits and thermal protective aids;
> visual aids, such as parachute flares, hand flares and buoyant smoke signals;
> survival craft, such as life rafts and lifeboats; rescue boats;
> launching and embarkation appliances and marine evacuation systems line throwing appliances;
> general alarm and public address systems.
Below You can see the Chapters and subdivisions in LSA Code
CHAPTER I - GENERAL
1.1 Definitions
1. 2 General requirements for life-saving appliances
CHAPTER II - PERSONAL LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES
2.1 Lifebuoys
2.2 Lifejackets
2 3 Immersion suits
2.4 Anti exposure suits
2 5 Thermal protective aids
CHAPTER III - VISUAL SIGNALS
3 1 Rocket parachute flares
3.2 Hand flares
3.3 Buoyant smoke signals
CHAPTER IV - SURVIVAL CRAFT
4 1 General requirements for liferafts
4 2 Inflatable liferafts
4 3 Rigid liferafts
44 General requirements for lifeboats
4 5 Partially enclosed lifeboats
4.6 Totally enclosed lIfeboats
4.7 Free-fall lifeboats
4 8 Lifeboats with a self-contained air support system
4 9 Fire-protected Lifeboats
CHAPTER V - RESCUE BOATS
5.1 Rescue boats
CHAPTER VI - LAUNCHING AND EMBARKATION APPLIANCES
6.1 Launching and embarkation appliances
6.2 Marine evacuation systems
CHAPTER VII - OTHER LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES
7.1 Line-throwing appliances
7.2 General alarm and public address system