Emergency equipment
Emergency telephone
- 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).