Lifesaving equipment - Kyuumeikigu

Japanese: 救命器具 - きゅうめいきぐ
Lifesaving equipment - Kyuumeikigu

...A general term for instruments and equipment used to protect the lives of passengers and crew in the event of an accident on a ship or aircraft.
[Life-saving equipment on board]
Life-saving equipment on a ship can be broadly divided into three categories: life-saving appliances, signaling devices, and launching devices. Of these, life-saving appliances are the basic tools for protecting human lives, and include lifeboats and life rafts for group use, and life jackets for individual use. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "life-saving equipment" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…船や航空機に事故が発生した場合に,乗客や乗組員の生命を守るための器具や設備の総称。
[船の救命設備]
 船の救命設備は,救命器具,信号装置および進水装置の3種類に大別される。このうち救命器具が人命を守る基本的な道具であり,これには集団で使用する救命艇や救命いかだなどと,個人ごとに使用する救命胴衣などとがある。…

※「救命器具」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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