ANNEX
ANNEX VICRITICAL USES OF HALONS
For the purposes of this Annex, the following definitions shall apply:
- 1.
“Cut-off date” means the date after which halons must not be used for fire extinguishers or fire protection systems in new equipment and new facilities for the application concerned.
- 2.
“New equipment” means equipment for which, by the cut-off date, neither of the following events has occurred:
- (a)
signature of the relevant procurement or development contract;
- (b)
submission of a request for type approval or type certification to the appropriate regulatory authority.
- 3.
“New facilities” means facilities for which, by the cut-off date, neither of the following events has occurred:
- (a)
signature of the relevant development contract;
- (b)
submission of a request for planning consent to the appropriate regulatory authority.
- 4.
“End date” means the date after which halons shall not be used for the application concerned and by which date the fire extinguishers or fire protection systems containing halons shall be decommissioned.
- 5.
“Inerting” means preventing the initiation of combustion of a flammable or explosive atmosphere by means of the addition of an inhibiting or diluting agent.
- 6.
“Cargo ship” means a ship that is not a passenger ship, is over 500 tonnes gross weight, and embarks on an international voyage, in accordance with the definition of those terms in the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention. The SOLAS Convention defines a “passenger ship” as “a ship that carries more than 12 passengers” and an “international voyage” as “a voyage from a country to which the present Convention applies to a port outside such country, or conversely”.
- 7.
A “normally occupied” space means a protected space in which it is necessary for persons to be present most or all of the time in order for the equipment or facility to function effectively. For military applications, the occupancy status of the protected space would be that applicable during a combat situation.
- 8.
A “normally unoccupied” space means a protected space that is occupied for limited periods only, in particular for undertaking maintenance, and where the continual presence of persons is not necessary for the effective functioning of the equipment or facility.
CRITICAL USES OF HALONS
Application
Cut-off date(31 December of the stated year)
End date(31 December of the stated year)
Category of equipment or facility
Purpose
Type of extinguisher
Type of halon
1.
On military ground vehicles
1.1.
For the protection of engine compartments
Fixed system
1301
1211
2402
2010
2035
1.2.
For the protection of crew compartments
Fixed system
1301
2402
2011
2040
1.3.
For the protection of crew compartments
Portable extinguisher
1301
1211
2011
2020
2.
On military surface ships
2.1.
For the protection of normally occupied machinery spaces
Fixed system
1301
2402
2010
2040
2.2.
For the protection of normally unoccupied engine spaces
Fixed system
1301
1211
2402
2010
2035
2.3.
For the protection of normally unoccupied electrical compartments
Fixed system
1301
1211
2010
2030
2.4.
For the protection of command centres
Fixed system
1301
2010
2030
2.5.
For the protection of fuel pump rooms
Fixed system
1301
2010
2030
2.6.
For the protection of flammable liquid storage compartments
Fixed system
1301
1211
2402
2010
2030
2.7.
For the protection of aircraft in hangars and maintenance areas
Portable extinguisher
1301
1211
2010
2016
3.
On military submarines
3.1.
For the protection of machinery spaces
Fixed system
1301
2010
2040
3.2.
For the protection of command centres
Fixed system
1301
2010
2040
3.3.
For the protection of diesel generator spaces
Fixed system
1301
2010
2040
3.4.
For the protection of electrical compartments
Fixed system
1301
2010
2040
4.
On aircraft
4.1.
For the protection of normally unoccupied cargo compartments
Fixed system
1301
1211
2402
2018
2040
4.2.
For the protection of cabins and crew compartments
Portable extinguisher
1211
2402
2014
2025
4.3.
For the protection of engine nacelles and auxiliary power units
Fixed system
1301
1211
2402
2014
2040
4.4.
For the inerting of fuel tanks
Fixed system
1301
2402
2011
2040
4.5.
For the protection of lavatory waste receptacles
Fixed system
1301
1211
2402
2011
2020
4.6.
For the protection of dry bays
Fixed system
1301
1211
2402
2011
2040
5.
In oil, gas and petrochemicals facilities
5.1.
For the protection of spaces where flammable liquid or gas could be released
Fixed system
1301
2402
2010
2020
6.
On commercial cargo ships
6.1.
For the inerting of normally occupied spaces where flammable liquid or gas could be released
Fixed system
1301
2402
1994
2016
7.
In land-based command and communications facilities essential to national security
7.1.
For the protection of normally occupied spaces
Fixed system
1301
2402
2010
2025
7.2.
For the protection of normally occupied spaces
Portable extinguisher
1211
2010
2013
7.3.
For the protection of normally unoccupied spaces
Fixed system
1301
2402
2010
2020
8.
At airfields and airports
8.1.
For crash rescue vehicles
Portable extinguisher
1211
2010
2016
8.2.
For the protection of aircraft in hangars and maintenance areas
Portable extinguisher
1211
2010
2016
9.
In nuclear power and nuclear research facilities
9.1.
For the protection of spaces where necessary to minimise risk of dispersion of radioactive matter
Fixed system
1301
2010
2020
10.
In the Channel Tunnel
10.1.
For the protection of technical facilities
Fixed system
1301
2010
2016
10.2.
For the protection of power cars and shuttle wagons of Channel Tunnel trains
Fixed system
1301
2010
2020
11.
Other
11.1.
For initial extinguishing by fire brigades where essential to personal safety
Portable extinguisher
1211
2010
2013
11.2.
For the protection of persons by military and police personnel
Portable extinguisher
1211
2010
2013