9.4.1.1.2 Fire testing of watertight doors
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9.4.1.1.2 Fire testing of watertight doors

 Watertight doors constructed in accordance with SOLAS regulation II-1/15 and fitted below the bulkhead deck that are required to be watertight need not be tested to the Fire Test Procedures Code provided that the doors meet the requirements for water tightness in SOLAS regulation II-1/18.

Parent topic: Regulation 9 - Containment of fire
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