1 Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS) Chapter II-2. Construction ...

Functional Requirements• Division of the ship into main vertical and horizontal zones withstructural and thermal boundaries• Separation of the accommodations from the remainder of the shipwith structural and thermal boundaries• Restricted use of combustible materials• Detection of any fire in the zone of origin• Containment and extinguishing of any fire in the compartment oforigin• Protection of the means of escape and access for firefighting• Fire firefighting appliances available and ready• Minimize the possibility of ignition of flammable cargo vaporM.Ventura SOLAS - Fire Protection 11Some Definitions (1)• Accommodation Spaces - spaces used for public spaces, corridors,lavatories, cabins, offices, hospitals, cinemas, game and hobby rooms,barber shops, pantries containing no cooking appliances and similarspaces• Category A Machinery Spaces – are the spaces and the trunks forthe spaces that contain:– Internal combustion engines used for propulsion– Other internal combustion engines that all together have a totalpower > 375 kW– Any oil fired boiler or other oil burning equipment (inert gasgenerators, incinerators, etc.)M.Ventura SOLAS - Fire Protection 126