🔍 Key Concepts

• Survival craft organization and keeping the group together • How rescuers search for survivors on the water (search patterns, visual/radar targets) • Risks of separating people and supplies among multiple liferafts

💭 Think About

• In a real rescue, is it easier for search units to find one large, obvious target or many small, scattered targets? Why? • What could happen to injured people, food, and water if the rafts drift far apart over time? • Which option best improves both visibility to rescuers and mutual support among survivors?

✅ Before You Answer

• Which choice creates the largest, most visible target for rescuers (air and surface)? • Which choice best prevents loss of people or supplies if weather and current worsen? • Which option is most consistent with standard liferaft and abandon ship procedures in survival manuals?