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Training Pool

Length 141 feet (43 m)
Width 88.5 feet (27 m)
Depth 16 feet (5 m)
Water depth 13 feet (4 m)
Water temperature 70°Fahrenheit (21°Celsius)

Cold Water Pool

Length 13 feet (4 m)
Width 13 feet (4 m)
Depth 8.2 feet (2.5 m)
Water temperature 37.4°Fahrenheit (3°Celsius)

Training Pool Special Effects

Waves, 3.6 feet high (110 cm), 7 different types of waves
Wind (12 wind generators, each generator 6.5 kW, 80 dB)
Sound effects (alarm bell, helicopter rotor sound, mayday-sounds, people screaming etc.)
Darkness

Training Pool Equipment

Exercise levels 3.2 feet, 16 feet, 29.5 feet (1 m, 5 m, 9 m)
Jumping levels 3.2 feet, 6.6 feet, 14.8 feet (1 m, 2 m, 4.5 m)
Exercise level at the end of the pool, depth 3.9 feet (1.2 m)
Stretcher carrying track, training height 29.5 feet (9 m)
Stretcher lifting shaft/vertical staircase, training height 32 feet (10 m)
Rescue helicopter, training height 29.5 feet (9 m)
Helicopter emergency landing in water (HUET)
Shallow Water HUET training device (SWET)
High pressure compressor for the filling of diving and spare air equipment (200 and 300 bar)
Low pressure compressor for filling of life rafts and other systems (8 and 27 bar)
Rescue slide system, Viking length 52.5 feet (16 m) and 100 person platform
Evacuation Chute System, Viking, height 29.5 feet (9 m)
Evacuation Chute System, Marin Ark, height 29.5 feet (9 m)
Davit launch station, height 16 feet (5 m)
Means of Rescue -davit with damper
Means of Rescue -raft for rescue from the water, lifting height 16 feet (5 m)
Life raft station for throw overboard rafts, height 16 feet (5 m)
SOLAS life rafts for 6-39 persons, several rafts available
Self-righting life rafts for 4-101 persons
Open rafts, ORL, for 30-65 persons
Aircraft life rafts (also for babies)
Life rafts for yachts (non-SOLAS)
Rapid life boat for capsizing and turning exercises
Various survival suits
Various life vests
Rescue nets
Life boat ladder
Davy-device for descending into the water/raft
Pilot ladder
Jason's cradle
Teaching bleachers, total number of bleachers 5
Underwater cameras, total number of cameras 2
Windows on the long walls of the pool for observation and photography
Life raft maintenance

Responsible
for content:
Michael Blomqvist
Page updated:
27.03.2008
 
   
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