Different Types of Alarms on Ships

A maritime emergency at sea does not come with an alarm. Still, ship emergency signals and alarms can help us tackle a crisis or avoid an emergency efficiently and in the right way.

Emergency signals or alarms on a ship are installed all over the vessel’s various systems and machinery to notify the crew about a dangerous situation that can arise from different types of emergencies onboard the ship.

Emergency alarms are of the audible and visual type to ensure that a person can listen to the audible alarm when working in an area where seeing a visual alarm is not possible and vice versa.

It is a standard practice in the international maritime industry to have an emergency alarm on the ship for a particular warning that is similar for all seagoing vessels, no matter in which seas they are sailing or to which company they belong.