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Fire-fighting equipment

Water fog applicator

FES008 sign: Water fog applicator
red square
IMO code
FES008
ISO 7010 number
F011

Where you will meet it

In the engine room and the galley, at the water fog applicators.

What it means in practice

A water fog applicator: a lance that turns water into a fine mist, effective among others on burning fats and oils.

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).

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