Annex ^footnote - Escape Route Signs and Equipment Location Markings

 IMPORTANT – The colours represented in this annex can be neither viewed on screen nor printed as true representations. Although the signs and symbols in this annex have been reproduced to correspond (with an acceptable tolerance as judged by the naked eye) to the requirements of standard ISO 3864-4, it is not intended that the signs and symbols shown in this annex be used for colour matching.

For a definitive version of all safety symbols in this annex, please consult standard ISO 7010 and the ISO Online Browsing Platform (http://www.iso.org/obp/ui/). For a definitive version of all fire control symbols in this annex, please consult standard ISO 17631. These are the source documents from which to create safety and fire control plans signs.

1 Normative references

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

ISO 3864 (all parts), Graphical symbols – Safety colours and safety signs

ISO 7010, Graphical symbols – Safety colours and safety signs – Registered safety signs

ISO 17631, Ships and marine technology – Shipboard plans for fire protection, life-saving appliances and means of escape

ISO 17724, Graphical symbols – Vocabulary

ISO 24409-1, Ships and marine technology – Design, location, and use of shipboard safety signs, safety-related signs, safety notices and safety markings – Part 1: Design principles

2 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in standards ISO 17724, ISO 24409-1, and the following apply.

2.1 Fire control signs

Signs for specialists, used to identify and locate fire control equipment, not designed according the rules for safety signs.

Note 1 to entry: These signs are related to the symbols in standard ISO 17631; see 3.1 h) below.

2.2 Image content

Written description of the elements of a graphical symbol or safety sign and their relative disposition.

[ISO 17724:2003, 38]

2.3 Referent

Idea or object that a graphical symbol is intended to represent.

[ISO 17724: 2003, 61]

2.4 Safety sign

Sign giving a general safety message, obtained by a combination of a colour and geometric shape and which, by the addition of a graphical symbol, gives a particular safety message.

3 Categorization of shipboard signs

3.1 Signs in this standard are categorized according to their function as follows:

• a) MES – means of escape signs which provide escape route identification.

• b) EES – emergency equipment signs which provide use and location of first aid facilities and portable safety equipment.

• c) LSS – life-saving systems and appliances signs which provide use and location of life-saving systems and appliances.

• d) FES – fire-fighting equipment signs which provide use and location of fire-fighting equipment.

• e) PSS – prohibition signs which provide prohibited actions.

• f) WSS – hazard warning signs which provide identification of hazards to avoid.

• g) MSS – mandatory action signs which provide mandatory notices and instructions.

• NOTE The PSS, WSS and MSS categories are based on the P, W and M categories of standard ISO 7010.

• h) SIS – safety and operating instructions for trained personnel.

3.2 Table 1 summarizes the standardized shipboard safety signs used in workplaces and public areas in terms of functional category, referent number, referent, graphical symbol as well as geometric shape and colour.

Table 1 — Summary of safety signs for shipboard use

3.3 Signs in table 2 may be displayed together to form a sequence of critical mandatory actions to safely launch a lifeboat, rescue boat, or liferaft.

Table 2 — Summary of mandatory action signs for launching lifesaving equipment

3.4 Table 3 summarizes the SIS catalogue primarily adapted from resolution A.952(23) and standard ISO 17631 with the exception of the SIS signs listed in paragraph 3.1. Table 3 summarizes the standardized shipboard fire control plan signs used in workplaces and public areas to assist trained persons in the operation and management of shipboard fire control systems. The standardized symbols used in these signs are in accordance with the symbols found in the standard ISO 17631.

Table 3 — Summary of shipboard fire control plan signs (SIS) for shipboard use