ANNEX

“ANNEX I SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW AND EXISTING PASSENGER SHIPS ENGAGED ON DOMESTIC VOYAGES

CHAPTER II-2 FIRE PROTECTION, FIRE DETECTION AND FIRE EXTINCTION

PART B FIRE SAFETY MEASURES

10 Windows and sidescuttles (R 33)

NEW CLASS B, C AND D AND EXISTING CLASS B SHIPS:

.1 All windows and sidescuttles in bulkheads within accommodation and service spaces and control stations other than those to which the provisions of Regulation 7.5 apply, shall be so constructed as to preserve the integrity requirements of the type of bulkheads in which they are fitted.

In new class B, C and D ships constructed on or after 1 January 2003 this shall be determined in accordance with the Fire Test Procedures Code.

.2 Notwithstanding the requirements of the tables in Regulations 4 and 5, all windows and sidescuttles in bulkheads separating accommodation and service spaces and control stations from weather shall be constructed with frames of steel or other suitable material. The glass shall be retained by a metal glazing bed or angle.

NEW CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS CARRYING MORE THAN 36 PASSENGERS:

.3 Windows facing life-saving appliances, embarkation and assembly areas, external stairs and open decks used for escape routes, and windows situated below life-raft and escape slide embarkation areas shall have the fire integrity as required in the tables of Regulation 4. Where automatic dedicated sprinkler heads are provided for windows, “A-0” windows may be accepted as equivalent

In new class B, C and D ships constructed on or after 1 January 2003, the automatic dedicated sprinkler heads must either be:

.1

dedicated heads located above the windows and installed in addition to the conventional ceiling sprinklers; or

.2

conventional ceiling sprinkler heads arranged such that the window is protected by an average application rate of at least 5 litres/m² per minute and the additional window area is included in the calculation of the area of coverage.

Windows located in the ship’s side below the lifeboat embarkation areas shall have the fire integrity at least equal to “A-0” class.

NEW CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS CARRYING NOT MORE THAN 36 PASSENGERS AND EXISTING CLASS B SHIPS:

.4 Notwithstanding the requirements of the tables in Regulation II-2/B/5, special attention shall be given to the fire integrity of windows facing open or enclosed lifeboat and life-raft embarkation areas and to the fire integrity of windows situated below such areas in such a position that their failure during a fire would impeded the launching of, or embarkation into, lifeboats or life-rafts.”