🔍 Key Concepts

• Traditional shipboard emergency signals used in drills and emergencies • Difference between fire emergency signals and abandon ship signals • How the general alarm and whistle are used together

💭 Think About

• Think about which emergency would require people to go directly to fire stations and respond quickly, not to lifeboat stations. • Ask yourself: which of these patterns sounds like a clear, unmistakable continuous warning that there is an immediate onboard hazard? • Consider which signal you have most often heard or practiced during fire and emergency drills on board or in training videos.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which option uses both the ship's whistle and the general alarm at the same time. • Check which answer describes a signal that is hard to confuse with normal maneuvering signals (like 1 short blast). • Confirm which pattern is commonly taught in STCW basic safety training as the fire/emergency signal, not the abandon-ship signal.