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Fire-fighting equipment

Fire alarm call point

FES004 sign: Fire alarm call point
red square
IMO code
FES004
ISO 7010 number
F005
The crew says
fire alarm, manual call point

Where you will meet it

At the manual fire alarm call points in the alleyways and on the decks.

What it means in practice

A manual fire alarm call point. Break the glass and press: the alarm reaches the bridge with the location of the button.

Legal basis

Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of fire-fighting equipment markings. Mandatory on ships built from 01.01.2019; older ships may carry signs per resolution A.760(18). Requirements for the equipment: SOLAS chapter II-2 and the FSS Code. Fire control plan symbols are a separate set (table 3 of the annex), not covered by this card.

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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