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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-first session (19 to 28 May 1999), approved Guidelines for the approval of fixed water-based local application fire-fighting systems for use in category A machinery spaces (MSC/Circ.913).

  2 The Committee, at its eighty-eighth session (24 November to 3 December 2010), having considered the proposal of the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-fourth session, approved the Revised Guidelines for the approval of fixed water-based local application fire-fighting systems for use in category A machinery spaces, set out in the annex.

  3 Member Governments are invited to apply the annexed Revised Guidelines when approving fixed water-based local application fire-fighting systems for use in category A machinery spaces, and bring them to the attention of ship designers, shipowners, equipment manufacturers, test laboratories and other parties concerned.

  4 This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.913, except that fire and component tests previously conducted in accordance with MSC/Circ.913 remain valid for the approval of new systems. Existing fixed water-based local application fire-fighting systems approved and installed based on MSC/Circ.913 should be permitted to remain in service as long as they are serviceable.

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1387 – Revised Guidelines for the Approval of Fixed Water-Based Local Application Fire-Fighting Systems for Use in Category A Machinery Spaces (MSC/Circ.913) – (10 December 2010)
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