Fire Safety Systems (FSS) Code, 2015 Edition – IMO IB155E

Fire Safety Systems (FSS) Code, 2015 Edition – IMO IB155E

The purpose of this Code is to provide international standards of specific engineering specifications for fire safety systems required by chapter II -2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended. This edition also includes IMO resolutions and circulars relevant to the Code. This publication assists shipowners, operators, shipyards, classification societies and Administrations.

This publication presents engineering specifications for fire safety equipment and systems required by SOLAS chapter II-2 concerning:
International shore connections
Personnel protection
Fire extinguishers
Fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems
Fixed foam fire-extinguishing systems
Fixed pressure water-spraying and water-mist fire-extinguishing systems
Fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems
Automatic sprinkler, fire detection and fire alarm systems
Sample extraction smoke detection systems
Low-location lighting systems
Fixed emergency fire pumps
Arrangement of means of escape
Fixed deck foam systems
Inert gas systems
Fixed hydrocarbon gas detection systems.
This edition also includes IMO resolutions and circulars relevant to the Code.