The Fire Control Plan is a mandatory requirement of SOLAS convention that provides information about fire stations, type of fire detection system and fire-fighting systems available in the ship.
Each
officer on the vessel must be supplied with a copy of this Fire Control
Plan, and a duplicate set of the plan shall be permanently available on
board in an accessible position.
As
noted by The Maritime Safety Committee regarding regulation II-2/20.2
of the 1974 SOLAS Convention as amended, this duplicate set of Fire
Control Plan (or a booklet containing such plan) must be permanently
stored in a prominently marked weathertight enclosure outside the
deckhouse.
The
Maritime Safety Committee has confirmed the importance of having Fire
Control Plan’s information readily available on board for the assistance
of shoreside fire-fighting personnel. In fact, a Fire Control Plan is
an important part of the safety management plan of the ship and the
fire-fighting station team has no knowledge about the ship arrangement.
Therefore, the enclosure must be easily accessible, so that in case of
fire on board, the shoreside fire-fighting personnel will not have the
access to it cut off.
The enclosure should be red, and its location should be indicated by a red ship figure on a white background sign with dimensions not inferior to 297 x 400mm. If the enclosure is not adjacent to the gangway, the sign must include a red arrow showing the direction where the Fire Control Plan enclosure is located.
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