Artikel 68

(1) In addition to the specific provisions for fire integrity of bulkheads and decks required elsewhere in this Part the minimum fire integrity of bulkheads and decks shall be as prescribed in Table 1 and Table 2 of this Regulation.
(2) The following requirements shall govern application of the Tables: (a) Tables 1 and 2 shall apply respectively to bulkheads and decks separating adjacent spaces; and
(b) for determining the appropriate fire integrity standards to be applied to divisions between adjacent spaces, such spaces are classified according to their fire risk as follows: (i) Control Stations (1) Spaces containing emergency sources of power and lighting. Wheelhouse and chatroom. Spaces containing the vessel's radio equipment. Fire-extinguishing rooms, fire-control rooms and fire-recording stations. Control room for propulsion machinery when located outside the machinery space. Spaces containing centralized fire alarm equipment.
(ii) Corridors (2) Corridors and lobbies.
(iii) Accommodation Spaces (3) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(41) and (42) excluding corridors.
(iv) Stairways (4) Interior stairways, lifts and escalators other than those wholly contained within the machinery spaces and enclosures thereto. In this connexion, a stairway which is enclosed only at one level shall be regarded as part of the space from which it is not separated by a fire door.
(v) Service Spaces of Low Fire Risk (5) Lockers and store-rooms having areas of less than 2 square metres, drying rooms and laundries.
(vi) Machinery Spaces of Category A (6) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(45).
(vii) Other Machinery Spaces (7) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(46) including fishmeal processing spaces, but excluding machinery spaces of Category A.
(viii) Cargo Spaces (8) All spaces used for cargo, including cargo oil tanks, and trunkways and hatchways to such spaces.
(ix) Service Spaces of High Fire Risk (9) Galleys, pantries containing cooking appliances, paint rooms, lamp rooms, lockers and store-rooms having areas of 2 square metres or more, and workshops other than those forming part of the machinery spaces.
(x) Open Decks (10) Open deck spaces and enclosed promenades, spaces for processing fish in the raw state, fish washing spaces and similar spaces containing no fire risk. The air spaces outside superstructures and deckhouses. The title of each category is intended to be typical rather than restrictive. The number in parenthesis following each category refers to the applicable column or row in the Tables. Notes: To be applied to both Tables 1 and 2, as appropriate.
(i) Control Stations (1) Spaces containing emergency sources of power and lighting. Wheelhouse and chatroom. Spaces containing the vessel's radio equipment. Fire-extinguishing rooms, fire-control rooms and fire-recording stations. Control room for propulsion machinery when located outside the machinery space. Spaces containing centralized fire alarm equipment.
(ii) Corridors (2) Corridors and lobbies.
(iii) Accommodation Spaces (3) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(41) and (42) excluding corridors.
(iv) Stairways (4) Interior stairways, lifts and escalators other than those wholly contained within the machinery spaces and enclosures thereto. In this connexion, a stairway which is enclosed only at one level shall be regarded as part of the space from which it is not separated by a fire door.
(v) Service Spaces of Low Fire Risk (5) Lockers and store-rooms having areas of less than 2 square metres, drying rooms and laundries.
(vi) Machinery Spaces of Category A (6) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(45).
(vii) Other Machinery Spaces (7) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(46) including fishmeal processing spaces, but excluding machinery spaces of Category A.
(viii) Cargo Spaces (8) All spaces used for cargo, including cargo oil tanks, and trunkways and hatchways to such spaces.
(ix) Service Spaces of High Fire Risk (9) Galleys, pantries containing cooking appliances, paint rooms, lamp rooms, lockers and store-rooms having areas of 2 square metres or more, and workshops other than those forming part of the machinery spaces.
(x) Open Decks (10) Open deck spaces and enclosed promenades, spaces for processing fish in the raw state, fish washing spaces and similar spaces containing no fire risk. The air spaces outside superstructures and deckhouses.
a) No special requirements are imposed upon these bulkheads in Methods IIF and IIIF fire protection.
b) In case of Method IIIF “B” Class bulkheads of “B-0” rating shall be provided between spaces or groups of spaces of 50 square metres and over in area.
c) For clarification as to which applies see Regulations 65 and 66.
d) Where spaces are of the same numerical category and superscript d) appears, a bulkhead or deck of the rating shown in the Tables is only required when the adjacent spaces are for a different purpose, e.g. in category (9). A galley next to a galley does not require a bulkhead but a galley next to a paint room requires an “A-0” bulkhead.
e) Bulkheads separating the wheelhouse, chartroom and radio room from each other may be “B-0” rating.
* Where an asterisk appears in the Tables the division is required to be of steel or equivalent material but is not required to be of “A” Class standard.
(a) Tables 1 and 2 shall apply respectively to bulkheads and decks separating adjacent spaces; and
(b) for determining the appropriate fire integrity standards to be applied to divisions between adjacent spaces, such spaces are classified according to their fire risk as follows: (i) Control Stations (1) Spaces containing emergency sources of power and lighting. Wheelhouse and chatroom. Spaces containing the vessel's radio equipment. Fire-extinguishing rooms, fire-control rooms and fire-recording stations. Control room for propulsion machinery when located outside the machinery space. Spaces containing centralized fire alarm equipment.
(ii) Corridors (2) Corridors and lobbies.
(iii) Accommodation Spaces (3) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(41) and (42) excluding corridors.
(iv) Stairways (4) Interior stairways, lifts and escalators other than those wholly contained within the machinery spaces and enclosures thereto. In this connexion, a stairway which is enclosed only at one level shall be regarded as part of the space from which it is not separated by a fire door.
(v) Service Spaces of Low Fire Risk (5) Lockers and store-rooms having areas of less than 2 square metres, drying rooms and laundries.
(vi) Machinery Spaces of Category A (6) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(45).
(vii) Other Machinery Spaces (7) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(46) including fishmeal processing spaces, but excluding machinery spaces of Category A.
(viii) Cargo Spaces (8) All spaces used for cargo, including cargo oil tanks, and trunkways and hatchways to such spaces.
(ix) Service Spaces of High Fire Risk (9) Galleys, pantries containing cooking appliances, paint rooms, lamp rooms, lockers and store-rooms having areas of 2 square metres or more, and workshops other than those forming part of the machinery spaces.
(x) Open Decks (10) Open deck spaces and enclosed promenades, spaces for processing fish in the raw state, fish washing spaces and similar spaces containing no fire risk. The air spaces outside superstructures and deckhouses. The title of each category is intended to be typical rather than restrictive. The number in parenthesis following each category refers to the applicable column or row in the Tables. Notes: To be applied to both Tables 1 and 2, as appropriate.
(i) Control Stations (1) Spaces containing emergency sources of power and lighting. Wheelhouse and chatroom. Spaces containing the vessel's radio equipment. Fire-extinguishing rooms, fire-control rooms and fire-recording stations. Control room for propulsion machinery when located outside the machinery space. Spaces containing centralized fire alarm equipment.
(ii) Corridors (2) Corridors and lobbies.
(iii) Accommodation Spaces (3) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(41) and (42) excluding corridors.
(iv) Stairways (4) Interior stairways, lifts and escalators other than those wholly contained within the machinery spaces and enclosures thereto. In this connexion, a stairway which is enclosed only at one level shall be regarded as part of the space from which it is not separated by a fire door.
(v) Service Spaces of Low Fire Risk (5) Lockers and store-rooms having areas of less than 2 square metres, drying rooms and laundries.
(vi) Machinery Spaces of Category A (6) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(45).
(vii) Other Machinery Spaces (7) Spaces as defined in Regulation 2(46) including fishmeal processing spaces, but excluding machinery spaces of Category A.
(viii) Cargo Spaces (8) All spaces used for cargo, including cargo oil tanks, and trunkways and hatchways to such spaces.
(ix) Service Spaces of High Fire Risk (9) Galleys, pantries containing cooking appliances, paint rooms, lamp rooms, lockers and store-rooms having areas of 2 square metres or more, and workshops other than those forming part of the machinery spaces.
(x) Open Decks (10) Open deck spaces and enclosed promenades, spaces for processing fish in the raw state, fish washing spaces and similar spaces containing no fire risk. The air spaces outside superstructures and deckhouses.
a) No special requirements are imposed upon these bulkheads in Methods IIF and IIIF fire protection.
b) In case of Method IIIF “B” Class bulkheads of “B-0” rating shall be provided between spaces or groups of spaces of 50 square metres and over in area.
c) For clarification as to which applies see Regulations 65 and 66.
d) Where spaces are of the same numerical category and superscript d) appears, a bulkhead or deck of the rating shown in the Tables is only required when the adjacent spaces are for a different purpose, e.g. in category (9). A galley next to a galley does not require a bulkhead but a galley next to a paint room requires an “A-0” bulkhead.
e) Bulkheads separating the wheelhouse, chartroom and radio room from each other may be “B-0” rating.
* Where an asterisk appears in the Tables the division is required to be of steel or equivalent material but is not required to be of “A” Class standard.
(3) Continuous “B” Class ceilings or linings, in association with the relevant decks or bulkheads, may be accepted as contributing, wholly or in part, to the required insulation and integrity of a division.
(4) Windows and skylights to machinery spaces shall be as follows: (a) where skylights can be opened they shall be capable of being closed from outside the space. Skylights containing glass panels shall be fitted with external shutters of steel or other equivalent material permanently attached;
(b) glass or similar materials shall not be fitted in machinery space boundaries. This does not preclude the use of wire-reinforced glass for skylights and glass in control rooms within the machinery spaces; and
(c) in skylights referred to in sub-paragraph (a) wire-reinforced glass shall be used.
(a) where skylights can be opened they shall be capable of being closed from outside the space. Skylights containing glass panels shall be fitted with external shutters of steel or other equivalent material permanently attached;
(b) glass or similar materials shall not be fitted in machinery space boundaries. This does not preclude the use of wire-reinforced glass for skylights and glass in control rooms within the machinery spaces; and
(c) in skylights referred to in sub-paragraph (a) wire-reinforced glass shall be used.
(5) External boundaries which are required by Regulation 64(1) to be of steel or equivalent material may be pierced for the fitting of windows and side scuttles provided that there is no requirement elsewhere in this Part for such boundaries to have “A” Class integrity. Similarly, in such boundaries which are not required to have “A” Class integrity, doors may be of materials to the satisfaction of the Administration.