CHAPTER II-2 OF SOLAS: CONSTRUCTION - FIRE PROTECTION, FIRE DETECTION
AND FIRE EXTINCTION
Contents
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Introduction
Part A - General
Regulation
1 - Application
1
Application
2
Applicable requirements to existing ships
3
Repairs, alterations, modifications and outfitting
4 Exemptions
5 Applicable
requirements depending on ship type
6
Application of requirements for tankers
Regulation
2 - Fire safety objectives and functional requirements
1
Fire safety objectives
2
Functional requirements
3
Achievement of the fire safety objectives
Regulation
3 - Definitions
Part
B - Prevention of Fire and Explosion
Regulation
4 - Probability of ignition
1
Purpose
2
Arrangements for oil fuel, lubrication oil and other flammable oils
3 Arrangements
for gaseous fuel for domestic purposes
4
Miscellaneous items of ignition sources and ignitability
5 Cargo
areas of tankers
Regulation 5 - Fire
growth potential
1
Purpose
2
Control of air supply and flammable liquid to the space
3 Fire
protection materials
Regulation 6 -
Smoke generation potential and toxicity
1
Purpose
2
Paints, varnishes and other finishes
3
Primary deck coverings
Part
C - Suppression of Fire
Regulation
7 - Detection and alarm
1
Purpose
2
General requirements
3
Initial and periodical tests
4
Protection of machinery spaces
5
Protection of accommodation and service spaces and control stations
6 Protection
of cargo spaces in passenger ships
7
Manually operated call points
8
Fire patrols in passenger ships
9
Fire alarm signalling systems in passenger ships
Regulation 8 - Control of smoke spread
1 Purpose
2 Protection
of control stations outside machinery spaces
3
Release of smoke from machinery spaces
4
Draught stops
5
Smoke extraction systems in atriums of passenger ships
Regulation 9 - Containment of fire
1 Purpose
2 Thermal
and structural boundaries
3
Penetration in fire resisting divisions and prevention of heat transmission
4 Protection
of openings in fire-resisting divisions
5
Protection of openings in machinery spaces boundaries
6 Protection
of cargo space boundaries
7
Ventilation systems
Regulation
10 - Fire fighting
1
Purpose
2
Water supply systems
3
Portable fire extinguishers
4
Fixed fire extinguishing systems
5
Fire-extinguishing arrangements in machinery spaces
6 Fire
extinguishing arrangements in control stations, accommodation and service spaces
7 Fire
extinguishing arrangements in cargo spaces
8
Cargo tank protection
9
Protection of cargo pump-rooms in tankers
10
Fire-fighter’s outfits
Regulation
11 - Structural integrity
1
Purpose
2
Material of hull, superstructures, structural bulkheads, decks and deckhouses
3 Structure
of aluminium alloy
4
Machinery spaces of category A
5
Materials of overboard fittings
6
Protection of cargo tank structure against pressure or vacuum in tankers
Part D - Escape
Regulation
12 - Notification of crew and passengers
1
Purpose
2
General emergency alarm system
3
Public address systems in passenger ships
Regulation
13 - Means of escape
1
Purpose
2
General requirements
3
Means of escape from control stations, accommodation spaces and service
spaces
4 Means
of escape from machinery spaces
5
Means of escape on passenger ships from special category and open ro-ro
spaces to which any passengers carried can have access
6
Means of escape from ro ro spaces
7
Additional requirements for ro ro passenger ships
Part E - Operational Requirements
Regulation 14 - Operational readiness and maintenance
1 Purpose
2 General
requirements
3
Additional requirements for passenger ships
4
Additional requirements for tankers
Regulation
15 - Instructions, onboard training and drills
1
Purpose
2
General requirements
3
Additional requirements for passenger ships
Regulation
16 - Operations
1
Purpose
2
Fire safety operational booklets
3
Additional requirements for tankers
Part F - Alternative Design and Arrangements
Regulation 17 - Alternative design and arrangements
1 Purpose
2 General
3 Engineering
analysis
4 Evaluation
of the alternative design and arrangements
5
Exchange of information
6
Re-evaluation due to change of conditions
Part G - Special Requirements
Regulation 18 - Helicopter facilities
1 Purpose
2 Application
3 Structure
4 Means
of escape
5
Fire fighting appliances
6
Drainage facilities
7
Helicopter refuelling and hangar facilities
8
Operations manual and fire fighting arrangements
Regulation 19 - Carriage of dangerous goods
1 Purpose
2 General
requirements
3
Special requirements
4
Document of compliance
Regulation
20 - Protection of vehicle, special category and ro-ro spaces
1
Purpose
2
General requirements
3
Precaution against ignition of flammable vapours in closed vehicle spaces,
closed ro ro spaces and special category spaces
4
Detection and alarm
5
Structural protection
6
Fire extinction
Appendix
List of references in SOLAS text and explanatory
guidance notes
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