1 The Committee, at its eightieth session (11
to 20 May 2005), after having considered the proposal by the forty-ninth
session of the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection regarding review on
the Guidelines for the approval of equivalent water-based fire-extinguishing
systems as referred to in SOLAS 74 for machinery spaces and cargo
pump-rooms (MSC/Circ.668, as amended
by MSC/Circ.728), approved Revised
Guidelines for the approval of equivalent water-based fire-extinguishing
systems for machinery spaces and cargo pump-rooms (MSC/Circ.1165).
2 The Committee, at its eighty-third session (3
to 12 October 2007), after having considered the proposal by the Sub-Committee
on Fire Protection at its fifty-first session, approved amendments
to figures 1, 2 and 3 of the Revised Guidelines for the approval of
equivalent water-based fire-extinguishing systems for machinery spaces
and cargo pump-rooms (MSC/Circ.1165)
by means of circular MSC.1/Circ.1237.
3 The Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its
fifty-second session (14 to 18 January 2008), prepared further amendments
to the Revised Guidelines for the approval of equivalent water-based
fire-extinguishing systems for machinery spaces and cargo pump-rooms
(MSC/Circ.1165).
4 The Committee, at its eighty-fourth session
(7 to 16 May 2008), after having considered the above proposal, approved
the amendments to the Revised Guidelines for the approval of equivalent
water-based fire-extinguishing systems for machinery spaces and cargo
pump-rooms (MSC/Circ.1165), set out
in the annex.
5 Member Governments are invited to apply the
annexed amendments to the Revised Guidelines when approving equivalent
water-based fire-extinguishing systems for machinery spaces and pump-rooms
on and after 9 May 2008, and bring them to the attention of ship designers,
shipowners, equipment manufacturers, test laboratories and other parties
concerned.