Emergency equipment
Break to obtain access
- IMO code
- EES013
- ISO 7010 number
- E008
Where you will meet it
On cabinets and cases with emergency equipment closed behind glass.
What it means in practice
In an emergency you may break the glass to reach the equipment (a key, an extinguisher, a button).
Legal basis
Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of emergency equipment location markings. Mandatory on ships built from 01.01.2019; older ships may carry signs per resolution A.760(18). Graphic pattern of the symbol: ISO 7010.
This is not a legal text: in any doubt the current wording of the resolution and regulations decides.
Download
Sign colours are normative. The file is public domain or CC0 (a Commons recreation of the symbol named by the IMO annex).