8.4 General emergency alarm
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8.4 General emergency alarm

  8.4.1 Performance standards and functional requirements are provided in the LSA Code, chapter VII, section 7.2. The general emergency alarm system should be capable of being operated from the navigation bridge and at least one other strategic point. For passenger ships there should also be an additional activation point in the safety centre. Strategic points are taken to mean those locations, other than the navigation bridge, from where emergency situations are intended to be controlled and the general alarm system can be activated. A fire control station or a cargo control station should normally be regarded as strategic points.

  8.4.2 The system should be audible throughout all the accommodation and normal crew working spaces. Normal crew working spaces include spaces where routine maintenance tasks or local control of machinery are undertaken.

  8.4.3 In addition, on passenger ships, the system should be recognizable at all places accessible to passengers as well as on all open decks.

Parent topic: 8 Requirements for Particular Alarms
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