Noting Article 16(i) of the IMCO Convention
concerning the functions of the Assembly,
Noting also that at this session it adopted
a new Part H of Chapter II of the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea, 1960, in respect of fire protection, fire detection
and fire extinction in passenger ships and, in particular, Regulation
108(c) which requires that each special category space shall be fitted
with an approved fixed fire extinguishing system which shall protect
all parts of any deck and vehicle platform, if any, in such spaces,
Recognizing that the adoption of specific requirements
in respect of fixed fire extinguishing systems for the vehicle spaces
of passenger ships having drive-on/drive-off facilities might inhibit
the development of new fire extinguishing systems for use in such
spaces,
Having considered the Recommendation on the
fixed fire extinguishing system for special category spaces adopted
by the Maritime Safety Committee at its fifteenth session (Annex II,
MSC XV/22),
Recommends that Contracting Governments, when
approving the fixed fire extinguishing system for special category
spaces, should satisfy themselves that any such system is at least
as effective in controlling a flowing petrol fire as a fixed pressure
water-spraying system, complying with the requirements set out in
the Annex to this Resolution,
Invites governments concerned: