1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-eighth
session (24 November to 3 December 2010), having considered the proposal
by the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-fourth session,
approved the Guidelines for testing and approval of fixed high-expansion
foam systems, set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to apply the
annexed Guidelines when approving fixed high-expansion foam systems
in accordance with the revised chapter 6 of the FSS Codefootnote, which is expected to be adopted at MSC
90 (May 2012), and bring them to the attention of ship designers,
shipowners, equipment manufacturers, test laboratories and other parties
concerned.
3 This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1271, except that fire and component tests previously conducted
in accordance with MSC.1/Circ.1271 remain
valid for the approval of new systems.