1 Water-based fire-extinguishing systems for use
in machinery spaces of category A and cargo pump-rooms equivalent
to fire-extinguishing systems required by SOLAS regulations II-2/7 and II-2/63 should prove that they
have the same reliability which has been identified as significant
for the performance of fixed pressure water-spraying systems approved
under the requirements of SOLAS regulation II-2/10. In addition the system should be shown by test to have the
capability of extinguishing a variety of fires that can occur in a
ship's engine-room.