TM 55-1680-317-23&P
3-5. TEMPORARY STORAGE OF LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
a. Survival kits to be in temporary storage will:
(1) Be inspected, repaired and if needed, cleaned.
(2) Have components replaced if necessary.
(3) Have matches, smoke and illumination flares removed and stored in accordance with post policy for units
operating within a military base or local policy for units not operating on a military base.
(4) Have kits tagged with annotations about items not in the kit.
(5) Be stored on shelves well ventilated and out of direct sunlight.
b. Survival vests to be put in temporary storage will:
(1) Be inspected, repaired and if needed cleaned.
(2) Have components replaced if necessary.
(3) Have signal kits, personal distress removed and stored in accordance with post policy if unit is operating from
a military base or local policy if unit is operating off a military base.
(4) Have survival radios removed from vest. Battery in radio will be removed and put in refrigerated storage.
(5) Have light marker removed from vest. Battery in light marker will be removed and put in refrigerated storage.
(6) Have vest tagged and items not in vest annotated on tag. Vest will be hung up on hanger for storage, out of
direct sunlight.
c. Flotation equipment to be put in temporary storage will be stored in accordance with TM 55-4220-202-14/T.O.
14S-1-102, Section 2-7, storage and shipment.
d. Pyrotechnics will be stored in accordance with post policy if unit is operating from a military base or local policy, if
unit operates off a military base.
e Oxygen equipment to be put in temporary storage in accordance with TM55-1660-245-131 T.O. 15X-1-1,
paragraph 2-47.
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