NFPA 301: Code for Safety to Life from Fire on Merchant Vessels
NFPA 301: 商船火災生命安全規范
1.1 Scope.
1.1.1 Title. NFPA 301, Code for Safety to Life from Fire on Merchant Vessels, shall be known as the Merchant Vessel Code and is referred to herein as “this code” or “the code.”
1.1.2 The code addresses construction, arrangement, protection, and space utilization factors that are necessary to minimize danger to life from fire, smoke, fumes, or panic. It also provides for reasonable protection against property damage and avoidance of environmental damage consistent with the normal operation of vessels. Fundamental requirements applicable to all vessels are found in Chapters 1 through 9. These fundamental requirements are modified in Chapters 10 through 18 as applicable for any type of space. The requirements in Chapters 1 through 18 are modified in Chapters 19 through 21 as applicable for any given vessel type. For example, a passenger vessel would follow the requirements of Chapters 1 through 18 and Chapter 21.
1.1.3 The code identifies the minimum criteria for the design of egress facilities so as to permit prompt escape of passengers and crew to safe areas aboard vessels and, where necessary, to survival craft embarkation stations.
1.1.4 The code recognizes that life safety is more than a matter of egress and, accordingly, deals with other considerations that are essential to life safety. It also recognizes the unique operating environment of merchant vessels and the relationships among life safety, property protection, and environmental protection and deals with these criteria accordingly.
1.1.5* Where permanently moored and occupied as buildings, merchant vessels shall be permitted to be treated as buildings and shall be permitted to be subject to the provisions of appropriate building codes and standards as specified by the local authority having jurisdiction.
A.1.1.5 Permanently moored vessels fall within the scope of NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.
Keep pace with the latest provisions on merchant vessel safety. Follow the 2008 NFPA 301!
NFPA 301: Code for Safety to Life from Fire on Merchant Vessels provides minimum requirements, with due regard to function, for the design, operation, and maintenance of merchant vessels for safety to life from fire and similar emergencies. Patterned after the Life Safety Code®, it provides requirements for various types of merchant vessels.
Among the changes in the 2008 Code:
· A new chapter permitting performance-based alternatives for vessel design based upon the Life Safety Code chapter for performance-based options. This new chapter provides vessel designers with a formal method of incorporating novel designs that provide a level of safety that is equivalent to the prescriptive requirements of the Code.
· Revisions to various sections of the Code to incorporate performance-based alternative design options
· The chapter for towing vessel requirements is completely revised to better reflect current regulatory requirements and industry best practice.
(Softbound, 91 pp., 2008)
