Life-saving appliances
Rocket parachute flare
- IMO code
- LSS014
- ISO 7010 number
- E049
Where you will meet it
At the pyrotechnics box on the bridge.
What it means in practice
Rocket parachute flares: a red light descending on a parachute, visible for many miles. A distress signal used on the master’s order.
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).