Emergency equipment
First Aid
- IMO code
- EES001
- ISO 7010 number
- E003
Where you will meet it
At the first aid kits: in the hospital, the mess room, on the bridge, in the engine room and the galley.
What it means in practice
A first aid kit is kept here. What ship first aid kits must contain is set by the rules on medical care on board.
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).