APPENDIX N

SYMBOLS RELATING TO LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES

AND ARRANGEMENTS

1. The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1999 require

ships (other than fishing vessels) carrying survival craft to be provided with posters
or signs on or in the vicinity of these craft and their launching controls. The posters
and signs are to illustrate the purposes of the controls and the procedures for
operating the appliance and to give relevant instructions or warnings. They must be
capable of being seen under emergency lighting conditions where that is provided.

2. The symbols have been approved by the Maritime Safety Committee of the
International Maritime Organisation and the symbols used in the posters and signs
referred to in paragraph 1 above must conform to the design and colour (white on a
blue background) prescribed in Section A. The size of the symbol must be
appropriate to the particular purpose for which it is being used; but where the
diameter of the symbol is 60 millimetres or greater, it should be one of the preferred
dimensions given in Amendment No. 1 to BS 5378a :Part 2:1980.

3. The symbols are suitable for use on posters and signs at survival craft
locations and for display inside survival craft adjacent to the relevant control or
function to which they refer. Most of the symbols relate to totally enclosed lifeboats
but there are some which can be used for conventional open lifeboats and
davit-launched liferafts. In addition, symbols in the appropriate sequence can be
displayed at the coxswain's position in a totally enclosed lifeboat as a reminder of
the sequence of actions required to launch the lifeboat.

4. An additional set of symbols has also been approved by the Maritime

Safety Committee and they appear in Section B. These symbols are intended to
indicate the location of emergency equipment, and muster and embarkation
stations. These symbols are not called for by the Regulations but many of them can
be used with advantage on passenger ships. In particular, the symbol for a muster
station (number 21) and the symbol indicating the direction to a muster/assembly
station (number 23) could be used on passenger ships where such signs are
required and on other passenger ships where the provision of such signs is
appropriate.

5. Where symbols are used to indicate direction, or the stowage position of

life-saving equipment, it is recommended that they conform in design and colour
(white on a green background) with the relevant symbols in Section B and that the
size of the signs is one of the preferred sizes in the British Standard referred to in
paragraph 2.

(a)
BS 5378 - Safety signs and colours

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SECTION - A

1. FASTEN SEAT 2. SECURE HATCHES 3. START ENGINE 4.1 LOWER LIFEBOAT

BELT TO WATER

4.2 LOWER LIFERAFT 4.3 LOWER RESCUE 5. RELEASE FALLS 6. START WATER-
TO WATER BOAT TO SPRAY
WATER

7. START AIR SUPPLY 8. RELEASE GRIPS

SECTION - B

1. LIFEBOAT 2. RESCUE BOAT 3. LIFERAFT 4. DAVIT-LAUNCHED

LIFERAFT

5. EMBARKATION 6. EVACUATION 7. EVACUATION 8. LIFEBUOY

LADDER SLIDE CHUTE

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9. LIFEBUOY WITH 10. LIFEBUOY WITH 11. LIFEBUOY WITH 12. LIFEJACKET
LINE LIGHTS LIGHT AND
SMOKE

13. CHILD’S 14. IMMERSION SUIT 15. SURVIVAL CRAFT 16. EPIRB
LIFEJACKET PORTABLE RADIO

17. RADAR 18. SURVIVAL CRAFT 19. ROCKET 20. LINE-THROWING

TRANSPONDER PYROTECHNIC PARACHUTE APPLIANCE
DISTRESS SIGNALS FLARES

21. MUSTER STATION 22. EMBARKATION 23. DIRECTION INDICATOR

LADDER

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