🔍 Key Concepts

• SOLAS fire control plans location requirements for ships in port • Access for shore-based firefighters in an emergency • Difference between plans kept in an office/with an agent versus plans carried in a marked, weather-tight container on board

💭 Think About

• If firefighters arrive at a ship at night with no crew present, where must they be able to quickly locate the fire control plans? • Which of these options would be both immediately accessible from the pier and protected from weather and damage? • Think about standard practice on ocean-going vessels: where are the red "Fire Plan" boxes usually mounted?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which locations listed would be accessible from outside the accommodation spaces without entering the vessel interior. • Consider SOLAS practice that plans be in a marked, durable, weather-tight container near the gangway or accommodation entrance. • Eliminate any answers that depend on shore offices or individuals (like agents) rather than a fixed, standard location on the ship itself.