Fire-fighting equipment
Fixed fire extinguishing battery
- IMO code
- FES005
- ISO 7010 number
- F008
Where you will meet it
On the door of the space holding the cylinder battery of a fixed installation (for example the CO2 room).
What it means in practice
Behind this door stands the cylinder battery of a fixed fire-extinguishing installation covering the engine room or the holds.
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.
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Sign colours are normative. The file is public domain or CC0 (a Commons recreation of the symbol named by the IMO annex).