🔍 Key Concepts

• SOLAS fire control plan requirements for ships • What information must be shown about fire protection, detection, and extinction systems • How arrangements like fire doors, ventilation shutoffs, and detection systems are documented for emergency use

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: if you were a firefighter boarding the vessel for the first time, what information would you need to find quickly on the fire control plan to fight a fire safely and effectively? • Consider whether the fire control plan focuses on just one type of equipment, or the entire fire safety arrangement on board. • Think about how detailed the plan must be so that crew and shore firefighters can understand all critical fire‑related systems without prior knowledge of the ship.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which items are normally marked on ship fire control plans: doors, dampers, detectors, alarms, and controls. • Check whether ventilation fan remote stops are part of the fire safety arrangements shown on the plan. • Confirm that information about the fire detection system (zones, detectors, alarms) is typically included on or referenced by the fire control plan.