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Means of Escape (Passenger Ships)Machinery Spaces• Shall have 2 separate means of escape composed by steel stairs, asfar apart from each other as possible• One of the stairs shall provide continuous protection against fire,from the lower part of the space up to a safe place, located outsidethe space.Corridors• Dead end corridors shall not have a length greater thanShips with more than 36 passengersShips with less than 36 passengers36 m7 mM.Ventura SOLAS - Fire Protection 79Protection of Stairs and Lifts inFloodable/Service Spaces (Passenger Ships)• Shall be contained in limited spaces by Class A boundaries, witheffective means of closure in all the openings, except in the followingcases:– Stairways connecting only 2 decks does not need to have a trunk if theintegrity of the deck is maintained by bulkheads or appropriated doors onone of the decks– Stairways may not have casings if they are entirely contained in a givenspace.• The stairways shall have direct communication with the corridors.Whenever possible, the stairways shall NOT provide direct access tocabins, lockers or other closed space containing fuels and where a firecan be originated• All stairways and lift trunks shall be built in way to prevent the flowof smoke and flames from one deck to the otherM.Ventura SOLAS - Fire Protection 8040
Means of Escape (Cargo Ships)• The layout of the stairways shall provide the access from all theaccommodation areas and from areas where the crew is normally,means of escape to the exposed deck and from there to the life boats– At all levels of accommodation there shall be at least 2 widelyseparated means of escape, for each restricted space or group ofspaces– Below the lowest open deck, the main escape way will be a stairwayand the second escape may be a trunk or a stairway– Above the lowest open deck the escape ways shall be stairways ordoors to an open deck– No dead-end corridors with length > 7 m will be acceptableM.Ventura SOLAS - Fire Protection 81Means of Escape (Cargo Ships)• In general, the machinery spaces of category A will always have 2escape ways:– 2 sets of steel stairs as widely apart as possible, leading to doorson the upper zone of the space, from where there is direct accessto the exposed deck. In general these stairs shall providecontinuous protection against fire– 1 steel stair leading to a door on the upper area of the space and,additionally, a steel door on the lower zone of the space, capableof being operated from both sides, and giving access to a directexit to the deckM.Ventura SOLAS - Fire Protection 8241
Page 1 and 2: Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS)
Page 3 and 4: Fire Protection, Detection andExtin
Page 5 and 6: Reg. 2 - Fire safety Objectives and
Page 7 and 8: Some Definitions (2)• Non-Combust
Page 9 and 10: PART B - PREVENTION OF FIRE ANDEXPL
Page 11 and 12: Detection and Alarm1. Purpose2. Gen
Page 13 and 14: Water Supply SystemsFixed Fire Figh
Page 15 and 16: Fire Hoses and Nozzles• Fire hose
Page 17 and 18: Fixed Gas Systems (2)Steam Systems
Page 19 and 20: Fixed Water Mist Systems• The pre
Page 21 and 22: Fire Fighting Syst. in Machinery Sp
Page 23 and 24: Fixed Pressurized Water Spraying Sy
Page 25 and 26: Guidelines for the Drainage Closed
Page 27 and 28: Fixed Foam System on Deck(Oil Tanke
Page 29 and 30: Location and Separation of Spaces(O
Page 31 and 32: Decks Separating Adjacent SpacesSpa
Page 33 and 34: Inert Gas SystemMoss SystemM.Ventur
Page 35 and 36: Fireman Outfit• In general, the s
Page 37 and 38: Notification of Crew and Passengers
Page 39: Means of Escape - General Requireme
Page 43 and 44: Emergency Escape Breathing Device (
Page 45 and 46: Protection of Vehicle, Special Cate
Page 47 and 48: Ro/Ro Spaces - Passenger Ships (1)
Page 49 and 50: Fire Control Plans• On ships with

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