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Emergency equipment

Emergency telephone

EES002 sign: Emergency telephone
green square
IMO code
EES002
ISO 7010 number
E004

Where you will meet it

At the internal telephones designated for emergency communication: in the engine room, at manoeuvring stations and in working spaces.

What it means in practice

This telephone is for calling help: it connects to the bridge or another station with a round-the-clock watch.

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).

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