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Clasification Society Rules and Regulations - Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Offshore Units, January 2016 - Part 3 FUNCTIONAL UNIT TYPES AND SPECIAL FEATURES - Chapter 17 Appendix A Codes, Standards and Equipment Categories - Section 1 Codes and Standards

Section 1 Codes and Standards

Parent topic: Appendix A Codes, Standards and Equipment Categories

1.1 Abbreviations

1.1.1 The following abbreviations are used in this Appendix:
  • AISC American Institute of Steel Construction.
  • ANSI American National Standards Institute.
  • API American Petroleum Institute.
  • ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  • BS British Standard.
  • CSA Canadian Standards Association.
  • DIN Deutsches Institut fόr Normung.
  • FEM Fιdιration Europιenne de la Manutention.
  • IP International Petroleum.
  • ISO International Standards Organisation.
  • NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers.
  • NS Norwegian Standard.
  • NFPA National Fire Protection Association.
  • TBK Norwegian Pressure Vessel Committee.
  • UKOOA United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association.

1.2 Recognised Codes and Standards

1.2.1 The following Codes and Standards are recognised by LR in connection with the design, construction and installation of machinery, equipment and systems which form part of the drilling plant facility, production and process plant facility and riser systems installed on offshore units as appropriate. Codes are also given for structural components, concrete structures, bearings and formulations used in positional mooring systems.

1.2.2 The following National and International Codes and Standards listed are subject to change/deletion without notice. The latest edition of a Code or Standard, with all applicable addenda, current at the date of contract award should be used.

1.2.3 When requested, other National and International Codes and Standards may be used after special consideration and agreement by LR.

1.2.4  Blow out prevention:
  • API Spec. 16A Specification for Drill through Equipment.
  • API Std 53 Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Operations.
  • API RP 16E Design of Control Systems for Drilling Well Control Equipment.
1.2.5  Lifting appliances for blow out preventer and burner boom, and other equipment:
  • API Spec 2C Specification for Offshore Pedestal Mounted Cranes.
  • ASME B30.20 Below the Hook Lifting Devices.
  • API Spec 8C Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment.
  • FEM 1.001 Section-1: Heavy lifting appliances – Rules for the design of Hoisting Appliance Methods of Strength Calculation.
  • ISO 2374 Lifting Appliances – Range of Maximum Capacities for Basic Models.
  • ISO 10245 (all parts) Cranes – Limiting and indicating devices.
  • ISO 13534 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Drilling and production equipment – Inspection, maintenance, repair and remanufacture of hoisting equipment.
  • ISO 13535 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Drilling and production equipment – Hoisting equipment.
  • LR’s Code for Lifting Appliances in a Marine Environment.
1.2.6  Derrick:
  • API 4E Drilling and Well Servicing Structures.
1.2.7  Drilling equipment:
  • API Spec. 7 Specification for Rotary Drilling Equipment.
  • API RP 7G Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits.
  • API Spec. 8A and 8C Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment.
  • API RP 8B Hoisting Tool Inspection and Maintenance Procedures.
  • API Spec. 9A Wire Rope.
  • API RP 9B Application, Care and Use of Wire Rope for Oil Field Service.
  • ISO 10405 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Care and use of casing and tubing.
  • ISO 10407 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Drilling and production equipment – Drill stem design and operating limits.
  • ISO 10426 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Cements and materials for well cementing.
  • ISO 11960 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Steel pipes for use as casing or tubing for wells.
  • ISO 11961 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Steel pipes for use as drill pipe – Specification.
  • ISO 13500 Hydraulic fluid power – Determination of particulate contamination by automatic counting using the light extinction principle.
  • ISO 13533 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Drilling and production equipment – Drill-through equipment.
  • ISO 14693 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Drilling and well-servicing equipment.
  • ISO 13678 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Evaluation and testing of thread compounds for use with casing, tubing and line pipe.
  • ISO 13680 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Corrosion-resistant alloy seamless tubes for use as casing, tubing and coupling stock – Technical delivery conditions.
  • FEM 1001 3rd Edition: Rules for the Design of Hoisting Appliances, Section 1, Booklets 3 to 8.
1.2.8  Wellhead equipment:
  • API Spec. 6A & ISO 10423 Wellhead and Christmas Tree: Equipment.
  • API Spec. 14D Wellhead Surface Safety Valves and Underwater Safety Valves for Offshore Service.
  • API RP 14B Design, Installation and Operation of Subsurface Safety Valve Systems.
  • API RP 17D Specification for Subsea Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment.
1.2.9  Piping:
  • ASME B16.47 Large Diameter Steel Flanges: NPS 26 Through NPS 60.
  • ASME B16.5 Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings.
  • ANSI/ASME B31.3 Process piping.
  • BS 3351 Specification for Piping Systems for Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical Plants.
  • ISO 13703 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Design and installation of piping systems on offshore production platforms.
  • API RP 14E Design and Installation of Offshore Production Platform Piping Systems.
  • API RP 17B Flexible Pipe.
  • API RP 520 Design and Installation of Pressure Relieving Systems in Refineries.
  • API RP 521 Guide for Pressure Relieving and Depressurising Systems.
  • API RP 16C Specification for Choke and Kill Systems.
  • ISO 10434 Bolted bonnet steel gate valves for the petroleum, petrochemical and allied industries.
  • ISO 13623 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Pipeline transportation systems.
  • ISO 13847 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Pipeline transportation systems – Welding of pipelines.
  • ISO 14313 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Pipeline transportation systems – Pipeline valves.
  • ISO 15649 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Piping.
  • ISO 15761 Steel gate, globe and check valves for sizes DN 100 and smaller, for the petroleum and natural gas industries.
  • UKOOA Specification and Recommended Practice for the Use of GRP Piping Offshore.
  • API RP 2RD Riser Design.
  • API RP 16R Design Rating and Testing of Marine Drilling Riser Couplings.
  • API RP 16Q Design and Operation of Marine Drilling Riser Systems.
  • API Bul 2J Comparison of Marine Drilling Riser Analysis.
  • API RP 17B Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe.
  • API Spec.17J Specification for Unbonded Flexible Pipe.
  • BS PD 8010 Code of Practice for Pipelines, Part 3, Pipelines Subsea: Design, Construction and Installation.
  • ISO 3183 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Steel pipe for pipeline transportation systems.
  • ISO 10414 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Field testing of drilling fluids.
  • ISO 10426 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Cements and materials for well cementing.
  • ISO 10427 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Equipment for well cementing.
  • ISO 11960 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Steel pipes for use as casing or tubing for wells.
  • ISO 15156 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Materials for use in -containing environments in oil and gas production.
  • ISO 15463 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Field inspection of new casing, tubing and plain-end drill pipe.
  • ISO 16070 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Downhole equipment – Lock mandrels and landing nipples.
  • ISO 18165 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Performance testing of cementing float equipment.
  • ISO 15590 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Induction bends, fittings and flanges for pipeline transportation systems.
1.2.10  Pressure vessels/fired units/heat exchangers:
  • TBK-1-2 General Rules for Pressure Vessels.
  • PD 5500 Unfired Fusion Welded Pressure Vessel.
  • ASME Section 1 Power Boilers.
  • ASME Section IV Heating Boilers.
  • ASME BPVC Sec I Boiler And Pressure Vessel Code, Section I, Rules For The Construction Of Power Boilers.
  • ASME BPVC Sec IX Boiler And Pressure Vessel Code, Section Ix, Welding And Brazing Qualifications.
  • ASME BPVC Sec V Boiler And Pressure Vessel Code, Section V, Nondestructive Examination.
  • ASME BPVC Sec VIII-1 Boiler And Pressure Vessel Code, Section Viii, Rules For The Construction Of Pressure Vessels, Division 1.
  • ASME BPVC Sec VIII-2 Boiler And Pressure Vessel Code, Section Viii, Rules For The Construction Of Pressure Vessels, Division 2 – Alternative Rules.
  • ASME BPVC Sec VIII-3 Boiler And Pressure Vessel Code, Section Viii, Rules For The Construction Of Pressure Vessels, Division 3 – Alternative Rules For Construction Of High Pressure Vessels.
  • BS 2790 Shell Boiler of Welded Construction.
  • TEMA Standards of the Tubular Exchangers Manufacturers Association.
  • EEMUA PUB No 143 Recommendations for Tube End Welding: Tubular Heat Transfer Equipment (Part 1 – Ferrous Materials).
  • API RP 530 Calculation of Heater. Tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries.
  • API 660 Shell and tube heat exchangers for general refinery service.
  • API 661 Air Cooled Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Service.
  • API 662 Plate Heat Exchanger for General Refinery Services.
  • BS EN 12952 Water-Tube Steam Generating Plant.
  • ISO 13706 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Air-cooled heat exchangers.
  • ISO 15547 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Plate-type heat exchangers.
  • ISO 13705 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Fired heaters for general refinery service.
  • ISO 16812 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Shell-and-tube heat exchangers.
  • ISO 16812 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Shell-and-tube heat exchangers.
  • API 610 Centrifugal Pumps for General Refinery Service.
  • API 615 Sound Control of Mechanical Equipment for Refinery Service.
  • API 617 Centrifugal Compressors for General Refinery Services.
  • API RP 14C Recommended Practices for Analysis, Design, Installation and Testing of Basic Surface Safety Systems on Offshore Production Platforms.
  • API RP 550 Recommended Practice: Manual on Installation of Refinery Instruments and Control Systems, Parts 1 to 4.
  • API Std 613 Special Purpose Gear Units for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services.
  • API Std 614 Lubrication, Shaft-Sealing, and Control-Oil Systems and Auxiliaries for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services.
  • API Std 618 Reciprocating Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services.
  • Rotary Type Positive Displacement Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services.
  • API Std 620 Design and Construction of large, welded, low-pressure storage tanks.
  • API Std 650 Welded steel tanks for oil storage.
  • API Std 670 Machinery Protection Systems.
  • API Std 671 Special purpose Couplings for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services.
  • API Std 672 Packaged, integrally geared, centrifugal air compressors for petroleum, chemical and gas industry services.
  • API Std 673 Centrifugal Fans for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Service.
  • API Std 674 Positive displacement pumps – Reciprocating.
  • API Std 675 Positive displacement pumps – Controlled volume.
  • API Std 676 Positive displacement pumps – Rotary.
  • API Std 681 Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps and Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services.
  • API Std 682 Shaft Sealing Systems for Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps.
  • API 616 Combustion Gas Turbines for General Refinery Service.
  • ASME B73.1 Specification for Horizontal End Suction Centrifugal Pumps for Chemical Process.
  • ASME B73.2M Specification for Vertical In-Line Centrifugal Pumps for Chemical Process.
  • ISO 2314 1973 Gas Turbine Acceptance Tests.
  • ISO 2858 End-suction centrifugal pumps (rating 16 bar) – Designation, nominal duty point and dimensions.
  • ISO 2954 Mechanical vibration of rotating and reciprocating machinery – Requirements for instruments for measuring vibration severity.
  • ISO 3046 (all parts) Reciprocating internal combustion engines – Performance.
  • ISO 3977 (all parts) Gas turbines – Procurement. ISO 5199 Technical specs. for centrifugal pumps- Class II.
  • ISO 9906 Roto-dynamic pumps – Hydraulic performance acceptance tests – Grades 1 and 2.
  • ISO 10431 Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries – Pumping Units – Specification.
  • ISO 10436 Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries – General purpose steam turbines for refinery service.
  • ISO 10440 (all parts) Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries – Positive displacement-rotary type compressors.
  • ISO 10441 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Flexible couplings for mechanical power transmission – Special-purpose applications.
  • ISO 13707 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Reciprocating compressors.
  • ISO 14691 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Flexible couplings for mechanical power transmission – General purpose applications.
  • ISO 10437 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Steam turbines – Special-purpose applications.
  • ISO 10438 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Lubrication, shaft-sealing and control-oil systems and auxiliaries.
  • ISO 10439 Petroleum, chemical and gas service industries – Centrifugal compressors.
  • ISO 13631 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Packaged reciprocating gas compressors.
  • ISO 13691 Petroleum and natural gas industries – High-speed special-purpose gear units.
  • ISO 14310 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Downhole equipment – Packers and bridge plugs.
  • ISO 15136 Downhole equipment for petroleum and natural gas industries – Progressing cavity pump systems for artificial lift.
  • NFPA No. 37 1975 Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines.
  • EEMUA PUB No 141 Guide to the use of Noise Procedure Specification.
1.2.11  General structural items (skids, support frames and trusses, helidecks, etc.):
  • CAP 437 Offshore Helicopter Landing Areas – Guidance on Standards.
  • BS 5950 Structural Use of Steelwork in Building.
  • AISC Manual of Steel Construction – Allowable Stress Design.
  • BS 2853 The Design and Testing of Steel Overhead Runway Beams.
  • BS EN 1993 Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures.
  • BS 6399-2 Loads for Buildings, Code of Practice for Wind Loads.
  • BS 8118 Structural Use of Aluminium.
  • API BUL 2U Design of Flat Plate Structures.
  • AISC LRFD Manual of Steel Construction – Load and Resistance Factor Design.
  • API RP 2A – WSD Recommended Practice for Planning, Design and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms Working Stress Design.
  • BS 8100 Lattice Towers and Masts.
  • API RP 2SK Recommended Practice for Design and Analysis of Stationkeeping Systems for Floating Structures.
  • EN 1337-1:2000 Structural bearings – Part 1: General design rules.
  • EN 1337-2:2004 Structural bearings – Part 2: Sliding elements.
  • EN 1337-3:2005 Structural bearings – Part 3: Elastomeric bearings.
  • EN 1337-8 Structural bearings – Part 8: Guide bearings and restrain bearings.
  • EN 1337 Structural bearings – Part 5: European Standard, Construction Standardisation: Pot Bearing.
  • EN 1337-9:1997 Structural bearings – Part 9: Protection.
  • EN 1337-10 Structural bearings – Part 10: Inspection and maintenance.
  • EN 1337-11 Structural bearings – Part 11: Transport, storage and installation.
  • Euro-code 3 Design of steel structures – Part 2: Steel Bridge.
  • BS 5400 1984 Steel, Concrete and Composite Bridges – Part 9: Bridge Bearing.
1.2.12  Hazard area classification:
  • API RP 500 Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities.
  • API RP 505 Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities, Classed as Class I, Zones 0, 1 & 2.
  • IP Code, Part 3 Refining Safety Code.
  • IP Code, Part 8 Drilling and Production Safety Code for Offshore Operations.
  • IP Code, Part 15 Area Classification Code for Petroleum Installations.
  • ISO 15138 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Offshore production installations – Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning.
  • ISO 17776 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Offshore production installations – Guidelines on tools and techniques for hazard identification and risk assessment.
1.2.13  Fire and safety standards:
  • ISO 13702 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Control and mitigation of fires and explosions on offshore production installations – Requirements and guidelines.
  • ISO 15544 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Offshore production installations – Requirements and guidelines for emergency response.
  • NFPA No. 1 Fire Prevention Code.
  • NFPA No. 10 Portable Extinguishers.
  • NFPA No. 11 Low-Expansion Foam.
  • NFPA No. 11A Medium- and High-Expansion Foam Systems.
  • NFPA No. 11C Mobile Foam Apparatus.
  • NFPA No. 12 Carbon Dioxide Systems.
  • NFPA No. 12A Halon 1301 Systems.
  • NFPA No. 13 Sprinkler Systems.
  • NFPA No. 15 Water Spray Fixed Systems.
  • NFPA No. 14 Standpipe, Hose Systems.
  • NFPA No. 16 Deluge Foam-Water Systems.
  • NFPA No. 16A Closed Head Foam-Water Sprinkler Systems.
  • NFPA No. 17 Dry Chem. Ext. Systems.
  • NFPA No. 17A Wet Chem. Ext. Systems.
  • NFPA No. 20 Centrifugal Fire Pumps.
  • NFPA No. 25 Water-based Fire Protection Systems.
  • NFPA No. 68 Venting of Deflagrations.
  • NFPA No. 69 Explosion Prevention Systems.
  • NFPA No. 80 Fire Doors and Fire Windows.
  • NFPA No. 170 Fire Safety Symbols.
  • NFPA No. 704 Fire Hazards of Materials.
  • NFPA No. 750 Standard for Installation of Water Mist Fire Suppression System.
  • NFPA No. 2001 Clean Agent Ext. Systems.
  • HSE OTI 95-634 Jet Fire Resistance Test of Passive Fire Materials.
1.2.14  Bearings:
  • ANSI/AFBMA Std 11 – 1978 – Load Ratings and Fatigue Life for Roller Bearings.
  • ASME 77-DE-39 Design Criteria to Prevent Core Crushing Failure in Large Diameter Case Hardened Ball and Roller Bearings.
  • BS 5512:1991/ISO 281:1990 Dynamic Load Ratings and Rating Life of Rolling Bearings.
  • BS 5645:1987/ISO 76:1987 Static Load Ratings for Rolling Bearings.
  • ISO 281 Roller Bearing-Dynamic Load Ratings and Rating Life.
  • ISO 10438 (all parts) Petroleum and natural gas industries – Lubrication, shaft-sealing and control-oil systems and auxiliaries.
1.2.15  Wind gust spectra formulations:
  • API RP 2A Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms.
  • Deaves D.M & Harris R.I 1978 A mathematical model of the structure of strong winds, CIRIA Report No. 76.
  • Slettringen (Norwegian Petroleum Directorate)
1.2.16  Wave contour development:
  • Environmental Parameters for Extreme Response: Inverse Form with Omission Factors, Winterstein et al, ISBN No. 9054103571.
1.2.17  Codes for concrete structures:
  • BS 8110 Structural Use of Concrete, Parts 1, 2 and 3.
  • NS 3473 Concrete Structures – Design Rules.
  • CSA S471 General Requirements, Design Criteria, the Environment and Loads.
  • CSA S474 Concrete Structures, Offshore Structures.
  • ISO 19903 Fixed Concrete Structures.
  • Other publications:
  • Health and Safety Executive, Offshore Installations: Guidance on Design, Construction and Certification. (This guidance is no longer updated).
  • Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Guidelines relating to concrete structures to regulations relating to load bearing structures in the petroleum activities.
1.2.18  Subsea:
  • ISO 14723 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Pipeline transportation systems – Subsea pipeline valves.
  • ISO 13628-1 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Design and operation of subsea production systems – Part 1: General requirements and recommendations.
  • ISO 13628-2 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Design and operation of subsea production systems – Part 2: Unbonded flexible pipe systems for subsea and marine applications.
  • ISO 13628-3 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Design and operation of subsea production systems – Part 3: Through flowline (TFL) systems.
  • ISO 13628-4 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Design and operation of subsea production systems – Part 4: Subsea wellhead and tree equipment.
  • ISO 13628-5 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Design and operation of subsea production systems – Part 5: Subsea umbilicals.
  • ISO 13628-6 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Design and operation of subsea production systems – Part 6: Subsea production control systems.
  • ISO 13628-9 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Design and operation of subsea production systems – Part 9: Remotely Operated Tool (ROT) intervention systems.
1.2.19  Geotechnical
  • Geotechnical & Geophysical Investigations for Offshore and Nearshore Developments, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2005
  • ISO 19901-2, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Specific requirements for offshore structures – Part 2: Seismic design procedures and criteria
  • ISO 19901-4, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Specific requirements for offshore structures – Part 4: Geotechnical and foundation design considerations
  • ISO 19901-7, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Specific requirements for offshore structures – Part 7: Station keeping systems for floating offshore structures and mobile offshore units
  • ISO 19901-8, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Specific requirements for offshore structures – Part 8:Marine Soil Investigations
  • IMCA S 012, Guidelines on installation and maintenance of GNSS-based positioning systems, August 2009
  • IMCA S 015 Guidelines for GNSS based positioning systems in the oil and gas industry, July 2011
  • IMCA S 017, Guidance on vessel USBL systems for use in offshore survey and positioning operations, April 2011
1.2.20  Miscellaneous:
  • NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 Petroleum and Natural gas industries materials for use in H2S-containing environment in oil and gas production.
  • ISO 19901-4 (2003) Petroleum and natural gas industries – Specific requirements for offshore structures – Part 4: Geotechnical and foundation design considerations.
  • ISO 15156-1 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Materials for use in -containing environments in oil and gas production – Part 1: General principles for selection of cracking-resistant materials.
  • ISO 15156-2 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Materials for use in -containing environments in oil and gas production – Part 2: Cracking-resistant carbon and low alloy steels, and the use of cast irons.
  • ISO 15156-3 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Materials for use in -containing environments in oil and gas production – Part 3: Cracking-resistant CRAs (corrosion-resistant alloys) and other alloys.
  • API RP 14H Use of Surface Valves and Underwater Safety Valves Offshore.
  • API Spec 6FA Fire Test for Valves.
  • API Spec 6D Pipeline Valves (Gate, Plug, Ball and Check Valves).
  • ASME B40.100 Pressure Gauges and Gauge Attachments.
  • ISO 14224 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Collection and exchange of reliability and maintenance data for equipment.
  • ISO 15663 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Life cycle costing.
  • ISO 13637 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Mooring of mobile offshore drilling units (MODUS) – Design and analysis.
  • ISO 13704 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Calculation of heatertube thickness in petroleum refineries.
  • WRC Bull 107 Welding Research Council – Local Stresses in Spherical and Cylindrical Due to External Loading.
  • WRC Bull 297 Welding Research Council – Local Stresses in Spherical and Cylindrical Shells Due to External Loading on nozzles – Supplement to WRC Bull 107.
  • BS 6755 Testing of Valves: Part 2 Specification for Fire Type-Testing Requirement.
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