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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC/Circular.1165 – Revised Guidelines for the Approval of Equivalent Water-Based Fire-Extinguishing Systems for Machinery Spaces and Cargo Pump-Rooms – (10 June 2005)Amended by MSC.1/Circular.1237Amended by MSC.1/Circular.1269Amended by MSC.1/Circular.1386 - Annex - Revised Guidelines for the Approval of Equivalent Water-Based Fire-Extinguishing Systems for Machinery Spaces and Cargo Pump-Rooms - Appendix B - Test Method for Fire Testing Equivalent Water-Based Fire-Extinguishing Systems for Machinery Spaces of Category A and Cargo Pump-Rooms - 1 Scope

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  1.1 This test method is intended for evaluating the extinguishing effectiveness of water-based total flooding fire-extinguishing systems for the protection of engine-rooms of category A and cargo pump-rooms.

  1.2 The test method covers the minimum fire-extinguishing requirement and prevention against reignition for fires in engine-rooms.

  1.3 It was developed for systems using ceiling mounted nozzles or multiple levels of nozzles. Bilge nozzles are required for all spaces with bilges. Ceiling and bilge nozzles may be tested and approved as a system or may be tested and approved separately.

  1.4 In the tests, the use of additional nozzles to protect specific hazards by direct application is not permitted. However for ship board applications additional nozzles may be added as recommended by the manufacturer.

Parent topic: Appendix B - Test Method for Fire Testing Equivalent Water-Based Fire-Extinguishing Systems for Machinery Spaces of Category A and Cargo Pump-Rooms
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