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Imo Symbols
Imo Symbols
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.
(a)
BS 5378 - Safety signs and colours
4.2 LOWER LIFERAFT 4.3 LOWER RESCUE 5. RELEASE FALLS 6. START WATER-
TO WATER BOAT TO SPRAY
WATER
SECTION - B
13. CHILD’S 14. IMMERSION SUIT 15. SURVIVAL CRAFT 16. EPIRB
LIFEJACKET PORTABLE RADIO