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A boat on a slipway or in a house, marking a crewed rescue station ashore.
Also known as: Lifeboat station sign, Rescue station symbol, Sea rescue sign
A lifeboat station symbol marks a shore establishment holding a crewed rescue boat — not equipment a member of the public may use. It is a service marker: the useful action for somebody who finds one is to call the coastguard, not to enter. The symbol is drawn as a boat, often with a building or a slipway, and is met on coastal paths, harbour walls and maps. It is distinct from the shipboard survival-craft signs, which mark equipment carried aboard.
Marks a crewed shore establishment rather than equipment for public use, so the action it invites is to call for help rather than to take anything.
Contexts: Public information, Navigation
Is distinct from the shipboard survival-craft signs, which mark equipment carried on a vessel for the people aboard it; this one marks a service that comes to you.
Contexts: Public information, Navigation
A boat drawn in profile with a raised bow, resting on a sloping line or inside the outline of a pitched-roof building.
Both belong to water-safety signage.