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FEBRUARY 13, 2011 BY ANISH
6 COMMENTS
An emergency does not come with an alarm but an alarm can definitely help us to tackle an
emergency or to avoid an emergency situation efficiently and in the right way. Alarm systems are
installed all over the ships systems and machinery to notify the crew on board about the
dangerous situation that can arise on the ship.
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Alarm on board ships are audible as well as visual to ensure that a person can at least listen to the
audible alarm when working in a area where seeing a visual alarm is not possible and vice versa.
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It is a normal practice in the international maritime industry to have alarm signal for a particular
warning similar in all the ships, no matter in which seas they are sailing or to which company they
belongs to. This commonness clearly helps the seafarer to know and understand the type of
warning or emergency well and help to tackle the situation faster.
The main alarms that are installed in the ship to give audio-visual warnings are as follows:
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General Alarm: The general alarm on the ship is recognized by 7 short ringing of bell
followed by a long ring or 7 short blasts on the ships horn followed by one long blast. The general
alarm is sounded to make aware the crew on board that an emergency has occurred.
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Fire Alarm: A fire alarm is sounded as continuous ringing of ships electrical bell or
continuous sounding of ships horn.

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Man Overboard Alarm: When a man falls overboard, the ship internal alarm bell sounds 3
long rings and ship whistle will blow 3 long blasts to notify the crew on board and the other ships in
nearby vicinity.
4)
Navigational Alarm: In the navigation bridge, most of the navigational equipments and
navigation lights are fitted with failure alarm. If any of these malfunctions, an alarm will be sounded
in an alarm panel displaying which system is malfunctioning.
5)
Machinery space Alarm: The machinery in the engine room has various safety devices and
alarms fitted for safe operation. If any one of these malfunctions, a common engine room alarm is
operated and the problem can be seen in the engine control room control panel which will display
the alarm.
6)
Machinery Space CO2 Alarm: The machinery space is fitted with CO2 fixed with fire
extinguishing system whose audible and visual alarm is entirely different from machinery space
alarm and other alarm for easy reorganization.
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Cargo Space CO2 Alarm: The cargo spaces of the ship are also fitted with fixed fire fighting
system which has a different alarm when operated.

8)
Abandon Ship Alarm: When the emergency situation on board ship goes out of hands and
ship is no longer safe for crew on board ship. The master of the ship can give a verbal Abandon
ship order, but this alarm is never given in ships bell or whistle. The general alarm is sounded and
every body comes to the emergency muster station where the master or his substitute (chief
Officer) gives a verbal order to abandon ship.
9)
Ship Security Alarm System: Most of the ocean going vessels are fitted with security alert
alarm system, which is a silent alarm system sounded in a pirate attack emergency. This signal is
connected with different coastal authorities all over the world via a global satellite system to inform
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about the piracy.
Different Alarm signals of the vessel are clearly described in the muster list along with the action to
be carried out so that all the crew member can perform there duties within no time in actual
emergency.
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About Anish
An ardent sailor and a techie, Anish Wankhede has voyaged on a number of ships as a
marine engineer officer. He loves multitasking, networking, and troubleshooting. He is the one
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Cadet Yimer Sharew Kassa says

April 23, 2014 at 11:59 pm
Thanks!, I want more ship safety
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ramnaresh mishra says

May 27, 2014 at 5:40 pm
very nice information about alarm its very help full for me
Peter says
July 31, 2014 at 4:46 pm
short blast and prolong blast..
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winardi tajeri says

August 5, 2014 at 4:22 am
thank u so much marine insight,,for providing such useful side for seamanits help me a
lot to improved my marine knowledge.best regard from indonesia
Engine Officer, Frank says

September 29, 2014 at 5:44 pm
Very nice and thanks for updates
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vicky says
November 13, 2014 at 10:54 am
Its very useful to seafarers to improve our knowledge about the marine line
A very thank u to marine insight..
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