🔍 Key Concepts

• SOLAS lifeboat equipment color coding requirements • Purpose of painting certain controls and safety devices in bright, highly visible colors • Which items in a lifeboat are critical for rapid emergency operation

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: In an emergency, which one of these parts must be identified and operated immediately and without confusion? • Which part, if mistaken or overlooked, could directly affect safe launching or recovery of the lifeboat? • Which of these items is more of a control mechanism rather than general equipment or fittings?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option is a primary operating control for launching the lifeboat • Consider which part needs to be quickly and clearly visible to all crew, even in low light or high stress • Verify which items are usually painted in contrasting, high-visibility colors in standard lifeboat arrangements (not just any red paint)