Section 1 Scope
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Clasifications Register Rules and Regulations - Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Naval Ships, January 2023 - Volume 3 Additional Class Notations - Part 2 Naval Ship Safety - Chapter 3 Escape and Emergency Access - Section 1 Scope

Section 1 Scope

Parent topic: Chapter 3 Escape and Emergency Access

1.1 Philosophy

1.1.1 The purpose of this Chapter is to provide a methodology for confirming that a naval ship’s crew and embarked personnel can escape from any space within the ship to a designated place of safety in a safe, timely and effective manner as the need arises. It also provides a method for confirming that access to essential areas is available for personnel and equipment required for damage control and fire fighting purposes.

1.1.2 The Objectives of this Chapter as defined in Vol 3, Pt 2, Ch 3, 4.2 Escape of personnel and emergency access arrangements objectives are to be realised through the content of these Rules that aim to ensure the provision of sufficient equipment and arrangements to enable the removal of all personnel to a designated place of safety until such a time that they can be evacuated from the ship and to ensure adequate emergency access.

1.1.3 In general, demonstration of satisfactory escape arrangements will be achieved through compliance with the relevant requirements of SOLAS Chapter II-2, Regulation 13 - Means of escape. Where escape arrangements deviate from the technical requirements of SOLAS - International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea they are to be suitable to satisfy the functional requirements, escape objective and goals of this Chapter.

1.1.4 Demonstration of acceptable emergency access arrangements will be achieved by satisfactory demonstration of the emergency access objective and associated goal.

1.1.5 This Chapter of the Rules is to be read in conjunction with Vol 3, Pt 2, Ch 1 General Requirements of the Rules for Naval Ships.

1.1.6  See also Vol 3, Pt 2, Ch 4 Life-Saving and Evacuation Arrangements of this Part of the Rules.

1.2 Application

1.2.1 The requirements in this Chapter of the Rules are to be applied where a Certificate of Compliance or Class Notation for Escape and Emergency Access ESC is requested.

1.2.2 The ‘Star endorsement’ (★) will be assigned to vessels where the arrangements on board are in accordance with stated National Administration requirements. This does not necessarily denote automatic endorsement by the National Administration.

1.2.3 The ‘Double Star endorsement’ (★★) will be assigned to vessels where the arrangements on board are in accordance with stated Naval Administration requirements and ANEP-77 NATO Naval Ship Code (NSC) – Chapter VII Escape, Evacuation and Rescue. This does not necessarily denote automatic endorsement by the Naval Administration.

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