Lifejackets during mustering

[GabrielTurner]

If the ship's passengers and crew need to muster, but the only route that passengers can use to reach the muster station is obstructed by smoke, what should they do with the lifejackets? Should they ditch them or should they take the lifejackets with them? If so, then how? I saw on one safety video that you should put the lifejacket through your wrist which would avoid wasting valuable time putting it on in a smoke filled area. Thank you.

 

[Alex_Blackwood]

If the ship's passengers and crew need to muster, but the only route that passengers can use to reach the muster station is obstructed by smoke, what should they do with the lifejackets? Should they ditch them or should they take the lifejackets with them? If so, then how? I saw on one safety video that you should put the lifejacket through your wrist which would avoid wasting valuable time putting it on in a smoke filled area. Thank you.

In any ship I ever served, You always carry your LJ with you until on the open deck. Stops snagging on interior fittings.

 

[GabrielTurner]

In any ship I ever served, You always carry your LJ with you until on the open deck. Stops snagging on interior fittings.

What if you can't carry it because you need to get down on all fours to evade smoke and there isn't an alternative route?