1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-ninth
session (1 to 10 December 2004), recognized the need for the development
of practical guidelines for measures to prevent fires in engine-rooms
and cargo pump-rooms, taking into account relevant IMO instruments
and present engineering and shipbuilding technology.
2 The Committee, at its eighty-sixth session (27
May to 5 June 2009), having considered a proposal by the Sub-Committee
on Fire Protection, at its fifty-third session, approved the Guidelines
for measures to prevent fires in engine-rooms and cargo pump-rooms,
set out in the annex.
3 Member Governments are invited to bring the
annexed Guidelines to the attention of ship designers, owners, operators,
shipbuilders and other parties concerned.