1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-fifth
session (15 to 24 May 2002), taking into account the hazards to life
posed by smoke generated during a fire and its effect on the safe
and orderly evacuation of a passenger ship, approved the Guidelines
for smoke control and ventilation systems for internal assembly stations
and atriums on new passenger ships, as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
annexed Guidelines to the attention of passenger ship designers, owners,
operators, shipbuilders and other parties concerned.
3 Member Governments are also invited to submit
to the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection information on experienced
gained in the implementation of the Guidelines.