TM 55-1930-209-14&P-19
CHAPTER 17 WORKBOAT, LIFESAVING, AND FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT SYSTEM PMCS
Section I. General equipment information
17-1 Introduction. Chapter 17 contains Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services for the Reverse Osmosis
Water Purification Barge Workboat, Lifesaving, and Firefighting Equipment System. Operating and maintenance
procedures are described in detail in TM 55-1930-209-14&P-17. TM 55-1930-209-14&P-1 7, Appendix C also I
contains Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services for the Workboat, Lifesaving and Firefighting Equipment
System.
17-2 Major components. The workboat, lifesaving and firefighting system consists of a 23-foot, reinforced
aluminum-hulled, triple-V-bottomed craft, liferafts, lifevests, lifesaving ring buoys, a Halon 1301 system, CO2 hose
reel units, a smoke detector system, fire extinguishers, breathing apparatuses, and a portable firefighting pump.
The major components for this system are listed in Tables 17-1 through 17-3. Also listed are basic functions and
location on the barge for each component.
Table 17-1. Workboat Components
Component
Quantity
Function
Location
Push knees
2
On bow
Aluminum tubular
1
Around outboard drive
protective frame
Mooring bitts
4
Secures cables for
2 bow and 2 stem
anchoring vessel
Diving ladder
1
Access on and off
Aft of cabin and forward
vessel
of aft guard rail
Lifevest
8
Lifesaving equipment
Stowed under cabin
benchseats
Ring lifebuoy
1
Lifesaving equipment
Inboard/outboard
1
Supplies power
Engine compartment
engine
50-gallon diesel
1
Supplies fuel
Engine compartment
fuel tank
Hydraulic steering
1
Steers by hydraulically
Operator's station
operated controls
Compass
1
Instrumentation
Top center of
dashboard
Bilge pump
2
Removes water from
Engine compartment
bilge
Change 1 17-1
