About the Service River Patrol Unit

Required Boating Equipment

one Government of Canada (Department of Transport) approved personal flotation device (PFD) or a lifejacket for small vessels of appropriate size for each person on board
one buoyant heaving line of not less than 15m in length
one manual propelling device (paddle or oars) OR an anchor with not less than 15m of cable, rope or chain in any combination
one Class 5BC fire extinguisher. (IF.. the craft is equipped with a fuel burning cooking, heating or refrigerating appliance).
one bailer or manual water pump fitted with or accompanied by sufficient hose to enable a person using the pump to pump water from the bilge of the vessel over the side of the vessel. (This equipment is not required for any self-bailing sealed hull sailing vessel fitted with a recess-type cockpit that cannot contain a sufficient quantity of water to make the vessel capsize or a multi-hull vessel that has subdivided multiple-sealed hull construction).
a sound signaling device or a sound signaling appliance audible at distances of half a marine mile (0.93 km)
navigation lights that meet the applicable standards set out in the Collision Regulations if the pleasure craft is operated after sunset and before sunrise or in periods of restricted visibility.