1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-fifth
session (15 to 24 May 2002) recognized the need for the development
of guidelines on the assessment of evacuation guidance systems.
2 The Committee, at its eightieth session (11
to 20 May 2005), having considered a proposal by the forty-ninth session
of the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, approved the Guidelines on
the assessment of evacuation guidance systems, set out in the annex.
3 Member Governments are invited to bring the
annexed Guidelines to the attention of ship designers, shipowners,
ship operators, shipbuilders and other parties involved in the design,
construction, testing, approval and maintenance of evacuation guidance
systems.