🔍 Key Concepts

• Look for a symbol that suggests an electrical control panel rather than a portable piece of equipment or a structural boundary • On IMO Fire Control Plans, symbols with letters inside a box usually indicate locations of equipment or signs, while symbols with a lightning bolt often relate to electrical or alarm functions • Differentiate between symbols for extinguishers, foam stations, and alarm/detection panels

💭 Think About

• Compare each numbered symbol in the answer choices to what you would expect a fire alarm panel to look like on a diagram: is it more like a sign, a tank, a flag, or an electrical box? • Ask yourself which choice most clearly represents something that would be mounted in a control room to monitor and activate alarms rather than something carried or used to fight the fire directly • Think about which of the choices could reasonably mark the central point of the detection system, not just a single piece of firefighting gear

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which option looks like an electrical/control device (often rectangular, sometimes with a lightning or signal symbol) • Confirm that you are not picking a symbol that clearly indicates a fire extinguisher location sign or an extinguisher itself • Make sure the symbol you choose would logically be placed on the plan near the bridge, control room, or fire control station, where alarm panels are normally located