Fire Control Symbols to Resolution A654

Take the list from the legend of the ship’s approved fire control plan. A.952 says the legend should list the symbols the plan uses with their explanations. Order the same set the plan uses, not a mix of the two systems.^[2]

Name each symbol as the catalogue line does (for example "CO2 release station" or "A class fire door, self-closing") and give the quantity per symbol. Say whether self-adhesive vinyl or rigid signs are wanted, and whether passenger areas need photoluminescent ones. The IMO low-location lighting guidelines ask for fire equipment location markings in the lower 300 mm of the bulkhead to be photoluminescent or lit.^[4]

A.654(16) was adopted to encourage symbols that ship and shore fire-fighters could all understand on the fire control plans SOLAS requires. In 2003 IMO adopted resolution A.952(23) for ships built on or after 1 January 2004. It agreed that ships built before that date may go on carrying fire control plans with the A.654 symbols.^[1][2]

A ship built before 2004 that is repaired, altered or re-outfitted within the scope of SOLAS chapters II-2 or III on or after 1 January 2019 falls under resolution A.1116(30). Its signs are used together with A.952 for the fire control plan. Check with class whether the plan has to be redrawn before ordering a large batch of A.654 signs.^[3]