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The fire-fighter's outfit and the two-way radio requirement

You will be able to check a fire-fighter's outfit item by item, count and place outfits correctly, and confirm that fire-party radios meet SOLAS regulation II-2/10.10.4.

13 minutes · For signed-up learners, free · Rules checked 20 October 2026

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When a fire is too big for an extinguisher, the ship sends in its fire party: two people in protective clothing and breathing apparatus, dragging a charged hose into heat and smoke they cannot see through. Their survival depends on the outfit they put on in the first two minutes and on talking to the person controlling them from outside. A missing glove, a torch that is not explosion-proof on a tanker, or a radio that dies or cannot be heard can end the attack, or worse.

Fire drills are where this goes wrong most visibly. In the 2023 Tokyo MOU fire safety campaign, 8.44% of the fire drills witnessed by inspectors were unsatisfactory, and drills caused more detentions (43) than any other campaign question.9 This lesson covers what the outfit must contain, how many the ship needs and where, the radio rule added in 2014, and how the monthly locker check catches problems before a drill or a fire does.

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In this lesson

  • Try it: Monthly check of the fire-fighter's outfits on an oil tanker
  • In plain words
  • In detail
  • What the rules say
  • Flag and class notes
  • Key numbers
  • What inspectors find
  • Questions people ask
  • Quiz: 6 questions

Sources

  1. 1 IMO Resolution MSC.98(73), International Code for Fire Safety Systems (FSS Code), adopted 5 December 2000, chapter 3, paragraphs 2.1, 2.1.1 and 2.1.3. https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/KnowledgeCentre/IndexofIMOResolutions/MSCResolutions/MSC.98(73).pdf
  2. 2 IMO Resolution MSC.99(73), revised SOLAS chapter II-2, adopted 5 December 2000, regulation II-2/10.10.2 and 10.10.3 (consolidated numbering). https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/KnowledgeCentre/IndexofIMOResolutions/MSCResolutions/MSC.99(73).pdf
  3. 3 IMO Resolution MSC.338(91), Amendments to SOLAS 1974, adopted 30 November 2012, in force 1 July 2014, regulations II-2/1.2.5, 10.10.1 and 10.10.4. https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/KnowledgeCentre/IndexofIMOResolutions/MSCResolutions/MSC.338(91).pdf
  4. 4 IMO Resolution MSC.339(91), Amendments to the FSS Code, adopted 30 November 2012, chapter 3, paragraphs 2.1.2.1 and 2.1.2.2. https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/KnowledgeCentre/IndexofIMOResolutions/MSCResolutions/MSC.339(91).pdf
  5. 5 IMO MSC.1/Circ.1432, Revised guidelines for the maintenance and inspection of fire protection systems and appliances, 31 May 2012, paragraph 5.5 (copy annexed to Cayman Islands Shipping Notice 01/2014 Rev 2). https://www.cishipping.com/system/files/notices/documents/CISN%202014_01%20Rev%202%20with%20Annex.pdf
  6. 6 IMO Resolution MSC.47(66), Adoption of amendments to SOLAS 1974 (revised chapter III), adopted 4 June 1996, regulation III/19.3.4. https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/KnowledgeCentre/IndexofIMOResolutions/MSCResolutions/MSC.47(66).pdf
  7. 7 Liberia Maritime Authority, Marine Notice FIR-001 Rev. 02/26, Fire-protection systems and appliances, section 9, portable radios for fire-fighting parties. https://www.liscr.com/sites/default/files/online_library/FIR-001.pdf
  8. 8 Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator, Marine Notice 2-011-14 Rev. Aug/2025, Appendix A. https://www.register-iri.com/wp-content/uploads/MN-2-011-14.pdf
  9. 9 Tokyo MOU, Report of the 2023 Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Fire Safety, section 2.1 and tables 1 and 3 (question 10; deficiency code 07125). https://www.tokyo-mou.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/CIC-ON-FIRE-SAFETY-2023-Report-public.pdf

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