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4 Fire integrity of bulkheads and decks in new ships carrying more than 36 passengers (R 26)

Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance ) · European Union

In addition to complying with the specific provisions for fire integrity of bulkheads and decks mentioned elsewhere in this part, the minimum fire integrity of all bulkheads and decks shall be as prescribed in tables 4.1 and 4.2. The following requirements shall govern the application of the tables: Table 4.1 shall apply to bulkheads not bounding either main vertical zones or bounding horizontal zones. Table 4.2 shall apply to decks not forming steps in main vertical zones nor bounding horizontal zones. For determining the appropriate fire integrity standards to be applied to boundaries between adjacent spaces, such spaces are classified according to their fire risk as shown in categories (1) to (14). Where the contents and use of a space are such that there is a doubt as to its classification for the purpose of this regulation, it shall be treated as a space within the relevant category having the most stringent boundary requirements. The title of each category is intended to be typical rather than restrictive. The number in parentheses preceding each category refers to the applicable column or row in the tables. Control stations: spaces containing emergency sources of power and lighting, wheelhouse and chartroom, spaces containing the ship's radio equipment, fire-extinguishing rooms, fire control rooms and fire-recording stations, control room for propulsion machinery when located outside the propulsion machinery space, spaces containing centralised fire alarm equipment, spaces containing centralised emergency public address system stations and equipment. Stairways: interior stairways, lifts and escalators (other than those wholly contained within the machinery spaces) for passengers and crew and enclosures thereto; in this connection a stairway which is enclosed at only one level shall be regarded as part of the space from which it is not separated by a fire door. Corridors: passenger and crew corridors. Evacuation stations and external escape routes: survival craft stowage area, open deck spaces and enclosed promenades forming lifeboat and life-raft embarkation and lowering stations, assembly stations, internal and external, external stairs and open decks used for escape routes, the ship's side to the waterline in the lightest seagoing condition, superstructure and deckhouse sides situated below and adjacent to the life-rafts and evacuation slide's embarkation areas. Open deck spaces: open deck spaces and enclosed promenades clear of lifeboat and life-raft embarkation and lowering stations, air spaces (the space outside superstructures and deckhouses). Accommodation spaces of minor fire risk: cabins containing furniture and furnishing of restricted fire risk, offices and dispensaries containing furniture and furnishings of restricted fire risk, public spaces containing furniture and furnishings of restricted fire risk and having a deck area of less than 50 m^(2). Accommodation spaces of moderate fire risk: spaces as in category (6) above but containing furniture and furnishing of other than restricted fire risk, public spaces containing furniture and furnishing of restricted fire risk and having a deck area of 50 m^(2) or more, isolated lockers and small storerooms in accommodation spaces having areas less than 4 m^(2) (in which flammable liquids are not stowed), sale shops, motion picture projection and film stowage rooms, diet kitchens (containing no open flame), cleaning gear lockers (in which flammable liquids are not stowed), laboratories (in which flammable liquids are not stowed), pharmacies, small drying rooms (having a deck area of 4 m^(2) or less), specie rooms, operating rooms. Accommodation spaces of greater fire risk: public spaces containing furniture and furnishing of other than restricted fire risk and having a deck area of 50 m^(2) or more, barber shops and beauty parlours. sanitary and similar spaces: communal sanitary facilities, shower, baths, water closets, etc., small laundry rooms, indoor swimming pool area, isolated pantries containing no cooking appliances in accommodation spaces, private sanitary facilities shall be considered a portion of the space in which they are located. Tanks, voids and auxiliary machinery spaces having little or no fire risk: water tanks forming part of the ship's structure, voids and cofferdams, auxiliary machinery spaces which do not contain machinery having a pressure lubrication system and where storage of combustibles is prohibited, such as, ventilation and air-conditioning rooms; windlass room; steering gear room; stabiliser equipment room; electrical propulsion motor room; rooms containing section switchboards and purely electrical equipment other than oil-filled electrical transformers (above 10 kVA); shaft alleys and pipe tunnels; spaces for pumps and refrigeration machinery (not handling or using flammable liquids), closed trunks serving the spaces listed above, other closed trunks such as pipe and cable trunks. Auxiliary machinery spaces, cargo spaces, cargo and other oil tanks and other similar spaces of moderate fire risk: cargo oil tanks, cargo holds, trunkways and hatchways, refrigerated chambers, oil fuel tanks (where installed in a separate space with no machinery), shaft alleys and pipe tunnels allowing storage of combustibles, auxiliary machinery spaces as in category (10) which contain machinery having a pressure lubrication system or where storage of combustibles is permitted, oil fuel filling stations, spaces containing oil-filled electrical transformers (above 10 kVA), spaces containing small internal combustion engines of power output up to 110 kW driving generators, sprinkler, drencher or fire pumps, bilge pumps, etc., closed trunks serving the spaces listed above. Machiney spaces and main galleys: main propulsion machinery rooms (other than electric propulsion motor rooms) and boiler rooms, auxiliary machinery spaces other than those in categories (10) and (11) which contain internal combustion machinery or other oil burning, heating or pumping units, main galleys and annexes, trunks and casings to the spaces listed above. Storesrooms, workshops, pantries, etc.: main pantries not annexed to galleys, main laundry, large drying rooms (having a deck area of more than 4 m^(2)), miscellaneous stores, mail and baggage rooms, garbage rooms, workshops (not part of machinery spaces, galleys, etc.), lockers and storerooms having areas greater than 4 m^(2), other than those spaces that have provisions for the storage of flammable liquids. Other spaces in which flammable liquids are stowed: paint lockers, storerooms containing flammable liquids (including dyes, medicines, etc.), laboratories (in which flammable liquids are stowed). Where a single value is shown for the fire integrity of a boundary between two spaces, that value shall apply in all cases. There are no special requirements for material or integrity of boundaries where only a dash appears in the tables. The Administration of the flag State shall determine in respect of category (5) spaces whether the insulation values in table 4.1 shall apply to ends of deckhouses and superstructures, and whether the insulation values in table 4.2 shall apply to weather decks. In no case shall the requirements of category (5) of table 4.1 or 4.2 necessitate enclosure of spaces which in the opinion of the Administration of the flag State need not be enclosed. Continuous ‘B’ class ceiling or linings, in association with the relevant decks or bulkheads, may be accepted as contributing wholly or in part, to the required insulation and integrity of a division. In approving structural fire protection details the Administration of the flag State shall have regard to the risk of heat transmission at intersections and terminal points of required thermal barriers. Notes to be applied to tables 4.1 and 4.2 Where adjacent spaces are in the same numerical category and superscript a appears, a bulkhead or deck between such spaces need not to be fitted if deemed unnecessary by the Administration of the flag State. For example, in category (12) a bulkhead need not be required between a galley and its annexed pantries provided the pantry bulkhead and decks maintain the integrity of the galley boundaries. A bulkhead is, however, required between a galley and a machinery space even though both spaces are in category (12). The ship's side, to the waterline in the lightest seagoing condition, superstructure and deckhouse sides situated below and adjacent to the life-rafts and evacuation slides may be reduced to A-30. Where public toilets are installed completely within the stairway enclosure, the public toilet bulkhead within the stairway enclosure can be of ‘B’ class integrity. Where spaces of categories 6, 7, 8 and 9 are located completely within the outer perimeter of the assembly station, the bulkheads of these spaces are allowed to be of ‘B-0’ class integrity. Control positions for audio, video and light installations may be considered as part of the assembly station. Table 4.1 Bulkheads not bounding either main vertical zones or horizontal zones Spaces (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) Control stations (1) B-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-60 A-60 A-60 A-0 A-0 A-60 A-60 A-60 A-60 Stairways (2) A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-15 A-15 A-0 A-0 A-15 A-30 A-15 A-30 Corridors (3) B-15 A-60 A-0 B-15 B-15 B-15 B-15 A-0 A-15 A-30 A-0 A-30 Evacuation stations and external escape routes (4) A-0 A -60 A -60 A -60 A-0 A-0 A-60 A-60 A-60 A-60 Open deck spaces (5) — A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Accommodation spaces of minor fire risk (6) B-0 B-0 B-0 C A-0 A-0 A-30 A-0 A-30 Accommodation spaces of moderate fire risk (7) B-0 B-0 C A-0 A-15 A-60 A-15 A-60 Accommodation spaces of greater fire risk (8) B-0 C A-0 A-30 A-60 A-15 A-60 Sanitary and similar spaces (9) C A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Tanks, voids and auxiliary machinery spaces having little or no fire risk (10) A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Auxiliary machinery spaces, cargo spaces, cargo and other oil tanks and other similar spaces of moderate fire risk (11) A-0 A-0 A-0 A-15 Machinery spaces and main galleys (12) A-0 A-0 A-60 Storerooms, workshops, pantries, etc. (13) A-0 A-0 Other spaces in which flammable liquids are stowed (14) A-30 Table 4.2 Decks neither forming steps in main vertical zones nor bounding horizontal zones Spaces (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) Control stations (1) A-30 A-30 A-15 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-15 A-30 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-60 A-0 A-60 Stairways (2) A-0 A-0 — A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-30 A-0 A-30 Corridors (3) A-15 A-0 A-0 A-60 A-0 A-0 A-15 A-15 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-30 A-0 A-30 Evacuation stations and external escape routes (4) A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 — A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Open deck spaces (5) A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 — A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Accommodation spaces of minor fire risk (6) A-60 A-15 A-0 A-60 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Accommodation spaces of moderate fire risk (7) A-60 A-15 A-15 A-60 A-0 A-0 A-15 A-15 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Accommodation spaces of greater fire risk (8) A-60 A-15 A-15 A-60 A-0 A-15 A-15 A-30 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Sanitary and similar spaces (9) A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Tanks, voids and auxiliary machinery spaces having little or no fire risk (10) A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Auxiliary machinery spaces, cargo spaces, cargo and other oil tanks and other similar spaces of moderate fire risk (11) A-60 A-60 A-60 A-60 A-0 A-0 A-15 A-30 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-30 Machinery spaces and main galleys (12) A-60 A-60 A-60 A-60 A-0 A-60 A-60 A-60 A-0 A-0 A-30 A-30 A-0 A-60 Storerooms, workshops, pantries, etc. (13) A-60 A-30 A-15 A-60 A-0 A-15 A-30 A-30 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 Other spaces in which flammable liquids are stowed (14) A-60 A-60 A-60 A-60 A-0 A-30 A-60 A-60 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0 A-0

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.