Fires on board are a potential risk that ships encounter at sea. Current maritime regulations generally require adherence to prescriptive fire prevention, protection, and extinction. The International Maritime Organization made an advancement by allowing the approval of fire safety designs based on performance-based assessment standards. Meanwhile, passenger awareness of danger indicators and familiarity with escape routes must be investigated to guarantee adequate evacuation time for passengers and crew on board. Fire and evacuation modelling is essential to assess the hazards associated with fire scenarios. This paper simulated the evacuation time from a fire scenario on a 5000 DWT passenger ship with 812 passengers and 30 crew members. The results demonstrate that the evacuation time with the worst fire scenario is 1112 s or 18.6 min. There should be greater reminders to ship passengers to be cautious. This study may serve as a basis for bettering the maritime industry's management of passenger safety.