Survival Items Flashcards
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Water storage bag may be used for?
Storing freshwater, protecting miscellaneous items from exposure to moisture, air inside with a tight seal provides flotation
A water storage bag can hold how many quarts of water?
5 quarts
Nylon cord is supplied in?
50 foot lengths of type one parachute cord for attaching survival items to the liferaft to prevent loss
Breaking strength of type I parachute cord?
100 pounds
Sea dye marker is visible at approximately____ at ____altitude.
2miles
3000ft
Sea dye marker (powder) is exhausted in __-__minutes and ceases to be a good target after____.
20-30 min- exhausted
1 hour- bad target
First aid kit installed in liferafts and survival kits will be inspected
Normally when the raft or survival kit it is installed on this inspected
First aid kit installed in aircraft and will be inspected?
12 months
Waterproof lightweight Casualty blankets are made out of, what color, and how big?
- Aluminized plastic
- Orange/ silver
- 96in X 56in
Forward osmosis filtration system, crew pack contains? One man pack contains?
- Crew-5 filtration bags and 10 nutrient syrup charge flex packs
- One man- 1 and 1
Forward osmosis filtration system, uses a nutrient syrup charge to draw water molecules out of a contaminated source, across a filtration membrane, the pores in the filtration membrane are what size?
0.0003 microns in diameter
Forward osmosis filtration system, removes what percent of salt from seawater as well as bacteria, viruses, parasites, heavy metals, petroleum, and pesticides.
97% removed
Forward osmosis filtration system, provides a carbohydrate – electrolyte drink of ____ carbohydrates.
6%
Forward osmosis filtration system, one 4-ounce syrup charge will produce ____ounces of drink from ____ounces of ____F saltwater in ____hours.
17 ounces
From 60 ounces
At 60 degrees F
In 5 hours
The emergency drinking water packet contains how many ounces of pure drinking water?
4 1/2 ounces
Life limit on emergency drinking water packet?
5 years
Bailing sponge is provided in all liferafts except?
RSLR-1
Uses of bailing sponge?
- Collect rainwater, for drinking
- To bail excessive water from a liferaft
- For personal hygiene
- To lure fish for fishing
Pocket hook knife is ____ inches long, ____ inches wide, and ____ inch thick.
6 3/8 inch long
1 1/2 inch wide
1/4 inch thick
Pocket knife has the opening for the cutting surface____ inch wide and ____inches deep. There are two ____inch holes on the handle for ripping up with two fingers. A slot measuring ____inch is located at the base of the handle for webbing insulation.
1/4 inch wide
1 1/2 inch deep
13/16 inch holes
13/16 inch slot
Pocket knife is intended for cutting through webbing, parachute shroud lines and lines that are less then ____in diameter it will not cut through____.
1/4 in diameter
Steel cable
Aircrew survival egress knife(ASEK) components
- Carbon steel blade 5 inches in length, 0.1875 inch-thick
- 10.25 inches Knife length
- Saw teeth on back of blade(non-offset)
- Partially serrated blade
- Lanyard hole
- Zinc phosphate finish to inhibit rust
- butt of handle may be used as hammer
The anodize strap cutter will cut webbing, clothing, parachute shroud cord. It has a screwdriver and oxygen valve wrench and is located where?
On back of ASEK leather case
What are the two types of chemical lights available for general survival and signaling applications?
- 4 inch green/yellow/orange chemical light (6 hour duration)
- 6 inch green/yellow/orange chemical light (12 hour duration)
