11.1 Fire safety requirements
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11.1 Fire safety requirements

  11.1.1 The requirements for tankers in SOLAS chapter ll-2 shall apply to ships covered by the Code, irrespective of tonnage including ships of less than 500 gross tonnage, except that:

  • .1 regulations 4.5.1.6 and 4.5.10 do not apply;

  • .2 regulations 10.4 and 10.5 shall apply as they would apply to tankers of 2,000 gross tonnage and over;

  • .3 regulation 10.5.6 shall apply to ships of 2,000 gross tonnage and over;

  • .4 the following regulations of SOLAS chapter II-2 related to tankers do not apply and are replaced by chapters and sections of the Code as detailed below:

    • Regulation: Replaced by:
      10.10 11.6
      4.5.1.1 and 4.5.1.2 Chapter 3
      4.5.5 Relevant sections in the Code
      10.8 11.3 and 11.4
      10.9 11.5
      10.2 11.2.1 to 11.2.4;
  • .5 regulations 13.3.4 and 13.4.3 shall apply to ships of 500 gross tonnage and over.

  11.1.2 All sources of ignition shall be excluded from spaces where flammable vapour may be present, except as otherwise provided in chapters 10 and 16.

  11.1.3 The provisions of this section shall apply in conjunction with chapter 3.

  11.1.4 For the purposes of firefighting, any weather deck areas above cofferdams, ballast or void spaces at the after end of the aftermost hold space or at the forward end of the forwardmost hold space shall be included in the cargo area.


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