Life-saving appliances
Marine evacuation slide
- IMO code
- LSS019
- ISO 7010 number
- E054
Where you will meet it
At the marine evacuation system stations on ferries and passenger ships.
What it means in practice
A marine evacuation slide (MES): a slide that takes you from the deck straight to the platform and the rafts.
Legal basis
Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of life-saving appliance markings. Mandatory on ships built from 01.01.2019; older ships may carry signs per resolution A.760(18). Requirements for the equipment itself: SOLAS chapter III and the LSA Code. 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).