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Guide to Structural Fire Protection (1993) - TP 11469 E

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Part 1 - Definitions

Part 2 - Submission of Plans

• 2.1 Fire zone Plan
• 2.2 Insulation Details
• 2.3 Bulkhead, Ceiling, Lining and Draft Stop Details
• 2.4 Deck Covering Details
• 2.5 Ventilation System Details
• 2.6 List of Doors
• 2.7 Penetration Details
• 2.8 General

Part 3 - Materials of Construction

• 3.1 General
• 3.2 Non-Combustible Materials
• 3.3 Structural Fire Insulations
• 3.4 Bulkhead, Lining and Ceiling Panels
• 3.5 Deck Coverings
• 3.6 Interior Finish Materials
• 3.7 Vapour Barriers
• 3.8 Combustible Materials

Part 4 - Construction and Arrangement

• 4.1 General
• 4.2 'A' Class Insulations
  • 4.2.1 'A' Class bulkheads
  • 4.2.2 'A' Class decks
  • 4.2.3 Mineral wool insulations
  • 4.2.4 Securing insulations to structure
  • 4.2.5 Board type insulation material
  • 4.2.6 Electrical fittings on 'A' Class linings
  • 4.2.7 Ceilings which are components of 'A' Class decks
  • 4.2.8 Sprayed insulations
  • 4.2.9 'A' Class deck coverings
  • 4.2.10 Boundaries, intersections and terminal points of thermal barriers
  • 4.2.11 Approved manufactured systems for pipes penetrating 'A' Class bulkheads and decks
  • 4.2.12 Acceptable non-manufactured systems for pipes penetrating 'A' Class bulkheads and decks
  • 4.2.13 Piping penetrating watertight 'A' Class bulkheads and decks
  • 4.2.14 Insulating pipe penetrations
  • 4.2.15 Electric cables penetrating 'A' Class bulkheads and decks
  • 4.2.16 Information required for approval
• 4.3 'A' Class Doors and Shutters
  • 4.3.1 General
  • 4.3.2 Doors in spaces of high humidity
  • 4.3.3 Installation
• 4.4 'B' Class Bulkheads, Linings and Ceilings
  • 4.4.1 Construction
  • 4.4.2 Steel or aluminum alloy 'B' Class bulkheads
  • 4.4.3 Termination of 'B' Class bulkheads, ceilings and linings
  • 4.4.4 Marking
  • 4.4.5 Bottom profiles
  • 4.4.6 Top profiles
  • 4.4.7 Access panels
  • 4.4.8 Lighting and ventilation fittings
  • 4.4.9 Cables inside panels or jointing profiles
  • 4.4.10 Pipes penetrating 'B' Class bulkheads, ceilings and linings
  • 4.4.11 Cables penetrating 'B' Class bulkheads, ceilings and linings
  • 4.4.12 Drawings
• 4.5 Draft Stops
• 4.6 'B' Class Doors
  • 4.6.1 General
  • 4.6.2 Attachment to bulkheads
  • 4.6.3 Ventilation openings
  • 4.6.4 Escape panels
  • 4.6.5 Locks
• 4.7 Construction of 'C' Class Bulkheads, Linings and Ceilings
  • 4.7.1 Construction
  • 4.7.2 'A' Class overdeck insulations
  • 4.7.3 Deck coverings
• 4.8 Aluminum alloy Structures
• 4.9 Hinged or Portable Decks
• 4.10 False Decks
• 4.11 Separation of Machinery Spaces from Other Spaces
• 4.12 Means of Escape
  • 4.12.1 General
  • 4.12.2 Special category spaces
  • 4.12.3 Ro-Ro cargo spaces
  • 4.12.4 Machinery spaces
  • 4.12.5 Stairways
  • 4.12.6 Protection of stairways
  • 4.12.7 Elevator trunks in stairway enclosures
• 4.13 Ventilation Systems (passenger ships)
  • 4.13.1 General
  • 4.13.2 Duct material
  • 4.13.3 Duct penetrations
  • 4.13.4 Fire dampers
  • 4.13.5 Means of closing main inlets and outlets
  • 4.13.6 Spaces fitted with a gas fire extinguishing system
  • 4.13.7 Spaces in which fire extinguishing gas cylinders are stored
• 4.14 Ventilation Systems (cargo ships and tankers)
  • 4.14.1 General
  • 4.14.2 Duct material
  • 4.14.3 Duct penetrations
  • 4.14.4 Fire dampers
  • 4.14.5 Means of closing main inlets and outlets
  • 4.14.6 Spaces fitted with a gas fire extinguishing system
  • 4.14.7 Spaces in which fire extinguishing gas cylinders are stored
• 4.15 Window and Sidelight boxes
• 4.16 Restricted Fire Risk Furniture
• 4.17 Special Category Spaces
• 4.18 Combined Galley and Mess Room
• 4.19 Manual Sprinkler Systems on Vehicle Decks
• 4.20 Methods of Fire Protection for Cargo Ships and Tankers
• 4.21 Watertight and Weathertight Doors
• 4.22 Concealed and Inaccessible Spaces
• 4.23 Fire Control Plans
• 4.24 Use of Polyurethane and Other Organic Foam Materials
• 4.25 Windows
• 4.26 Tankers - Protection of Exterior Boundaries
• 4.27 Ships Transferred to Canadian Registry

Appendix I - Illustrations

• Figure 1 - Recommended method of showing fire integrity and insulation values on fire zone plans
• Figure 2 - Details of protective metal sheathing for vapour barriers
• Figure 3 - Section in way of an 'A' class deck showing the termination of the 'A' class bulkhead fire insulation
• Figure 4 - Section in way of the tank top or bottom shell plating showing the termination of the 'A' class bulkhead fire insulation
• Figure 5 - Means to prevent heat transmission at the boundaries, intersections and terminal points of required thermal barriers (when the structural fire insulation is fitted to the underside of the deck)
• Figure 6 - Means to prevent heat transmission at the boundaries, intersections and terminal points of required thermal barriers (when structural fire insulation is fitted on top of the deck)
• Figure 7 - Means to prevent heat transmission at the boundaries, intersections and terminal points of required thermal barriers (when structural fire insulation is fitted on top of the deck)
• Figure 8 - Method of attaching 'B' class, 'C' class, or combustible, bulkhead or lining panels to 'A' class deck covering material
• Figure 9 - Termination of 'B' class, 'C' class or combustible, bulkhead or lining panels in way of 'A' class ceilings
• Figure 10 - Details of attachment of mineral wool fire insulation to a steel bulkhead or deck
• Figure 11 - Details of attachment of mineral wool fire insulation to an aluminum bulkhead or deck
• Figure 12 - Arrangement of an 'A' class bulkhead using a 'B' class board type insulation as a component when the board type insulation terminates at the ceiling level
• Figure 13 - Arrangement of an 'A' class bulkhead using a 'B' class board type insulation as a component when the board type insulation extends from deck to deck
• Figure 14 - Methods of insulating a typical machinery casing showing the ribands of insulation at boundaries and intersections
• Figure 15 - Methods of insulating a typical machinery casing showing the ribands of insulation at boundaries and intersections
• Figure 16 - Arrangement when 'B' class bulkheads do not extend deck to deck or to the shell or deckhouse side
• Figure 17 - Arrangement when 'B' class bulkheads extend deck to deck and to the shell or deckhouse side
• Figure 18 - Arrangement when 'B' class bulkheads do not extend deck to deck but do extend to the shell or deckhouse side
• Figure 19 - Attachment of a 'B' class lining panel to the ship's structure
• Figure 20 - Attachment of a 'B' class bulkhead panel to the deck structure
• Figure 21 - Typical arrangement of draft stops
• Figure 22 - Typical draft stop details
• Figure 23 - Construction of corridor bulkheads in passenger ships
• Figure 24 - Arrangement at top of 'B' class bulkhead and lining panels when panels are fitted deck to deck
• Figure 25 - Typical arrangement of stairtowers and stairways
• Figure 26 - Acceptable non-manufactured systems for pipes of steel or any other material having a melting point of 1000°C or more penetrating 'A' class bulkheads or decks
• Figure 27 - Acceptable non-manufactured systems for pipes of steel or any other material having a melting point of 1000°C or more penetrating 'A' class bulkheads or decks
• Figure 28 - Acceptable non-manufactured systems for pipes of a material having a melting point of less than 1000°C penetrating 'A' class bulkheads or decks
• Figure 29 - Acceptable non-manufactured systems for pipes of steel or any other material having a melting point of 1000°C or more penetrating 'A' class bulkheads or decks
• Figure 30 - Penetration of 'A' class bulkheads or decks by electric cables
• Figure 31 - Penetration of 'A' class bulkheads or decks by electric cables when a 'B' class board type insulation is used as an insulation component
• Figure 32 - Penetration of 'A' class bulkheads or decks by vent ducts
• Figure 33 - Penetration of 'A' class bulkheads or decks by vent ducts when a 'B' class board type insulation is used as an insulation component
• Figure 34 - Vent ducts passing through a space surrounded by 'A' class divisions without serving the space
• Figure 35 - Penetration of 'B' class bulkheads, linings or ceilings by pipes constructed of steel or any other material having a melting point of 1000°C or more
• Figure 36 - Penetration of 'B' class bulkheads, linings or ceilings by pipes constructed of steel or any other material having a melting point of 1000°C or more
• Figure 37 - Penetration of 'B' class bulkheads, linings or ceilings by pipes constructed from a material having a melting point of less than 1000°C
• Figure 38 - Penetration of 'B' class bulkheads, linings or ceilings by pipes constructed from a material having a melting point of less than 1000°C
• Figure 39 - Penetration of 'B' class bulkheads, linings or ceilings by electric cables
• Figure 40 - Penetration of 'B' class bulkheads, linings or ceilings by electric cables
• Figure 41 - Penetration of 'B' class bulkheads, linings or ceilings by vent ducts
• Figure 42 - Penetration of 'B' class bulkheads, linings or ceilings by vent ducts
• Figure 43 - Penetration of 'B' class ceilings by lighting and ventilation fittings when the ceiling is not a component of an 'A' class deck
• Figure 44 - Penetration of 'B' class ceilings by lighting and ventilation fittings when the ceiling is a component of an 'A' class deck
• Figure 45 - Methods of closing main inlets and outlets of ventilation systems
• Figure 46 - Extent of insulation on a superstructure or deckhouse facing the cargo tank area
• Figure 47 - Insulation of an overhanging deck
• Figure 48 - Extent of insulation around a space which is permitted to have access within the area specified in 4.26.6

Foreward

This guide is intended to clarify the structural fire protection requirements contained in the various Regulations and Standards. The Regulations and Standards without explanation may not be sufficient for the comprehension of the total scope and intent of the Canadian Coast Guard's structural fire protection requirements. This guide is a clarification and interpretation of the Regulations and Standards, but in no way changes or modifies the applicable regulatory requirements.

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2010-01-14

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