11.1 Fire safety requirements
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11.1 Fire safety requirements

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

  • .1 regulations 4.5.1.6 and 4.5.10 do not apply;

  • .2 regulation 10.2 as applicable to cargo ships and regulations 10.4 and 10.5 should apply as they would apply to tankers of 2,000 gross tonnage and over;

  • .3 regulation 10.5.6 should 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 and 10.8 11.3 and 11.4
    10.9   11.5
  • .5 regulations 13.3.4 and 13.4.3 should apply to ships of 500 gross tonnage and over.

  11.1.2 All sources of ignition should 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 apply in conjunction with chapter 3.

  11.1.4 For the purposes of fire fighting, any open 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 should be included in the cargo area


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