RESOLUTION MSC.307(88) (adopted on 3 December 2010 ...

1 RESOLUTION (88) (adopted on 3 December 2010) INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR APPLICATION OF FIRE TEST procedures , 2010 (2010 FTP CODE) RESOLUTION (88) (adopted on 3 December 2010) INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR APPLICATION OF FIRE TEST procedures , 2010 (2010 FTP CODE) THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE, RECALLING article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the function of the Committee, NOTING the International Code for Application of Fire Test procedures (FTP Code) and chapter II-2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended, hereinafter referred to as "the Convention", which made the FTP Code mandatory under the Convention, NOTING ALSO RESOLUTION (67) by which it adopted amendments to chapter II-2 of the Convention to make the provisions of the International Code for Application of Fire Test procedures (FTP Code) mandatory under the Convention for ships constructed on or after 1 July 1998, NOTING FURTHER RESOLUTION (73) by which it adopted the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000 (2000 HSC Code)

2 Providing for the application of fire test procedures for materials used in the construction of high-speed craft to which that Code applies, in accordance with the FTP Code, RECOGNIZING that the continual development of materials for use in the construction of ships and improvement of marine safety standards since the adoption of the FTP Code necessitated the revision of the provisions of the fire test procedures in order to maintain the highest practical level of safety, HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-eighth session, the draft 2010 FTP Code which had been developed following a thorough revision of the FTP Code, 1.

3 ADOPTS the International Code for Application of Fire Test procedures , 2010 (2010 FTP Code), the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present RESOLUTION ; 2. INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to note that the 2010 FTP Code will take effect on 1 July 2012 upon entry into force of the associated amendments to chapter II-2 of the Convention; 3. NOTES that under the amendments to chapter II-2 of the Convention, amendments to the 2010 FTP Code shall be adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of the Convention, concerning the amendment procedure applicable to the annex to the Convention other than chapter I.

4 4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization to transmit certified copies of the present RESOLUTION and the text of the 2010 FTP Code, contained in the Annex, to all Contracting Governments to the Convention; 5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization to transmit copies of the present RESOLUTION and the text of the Code contained in the Annex to all Members of the Organization which are not Contracting Governments to the SOLAS Convention. RESOLUTION (88) (adopted on 3 December 2010) INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR APPLICATION OF FIRE TEST procedures , 2010 (2010 FTP CODE)- 2 - ANNEX INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR APPLICATION OF FIRE TEST procedures , 2010 (2010 FTP CODE)

5 Contents 1 Scope 2 Application 3 Definitions 4 Testing Fire test procedures Testing laboratories Test reports 5 Approval General Type approval Case-by-case approval 6 Products which may be installed without testing and/or approval 7 Use of equivalents and modern technology 8 Period of grace for type approvals issued in accordance with the previous FTP Code 9 List of references Annex 1 Fire test procedures Preamble Part 1 Non-combustibility test Appendix Fire test procedures for non-combustibility test Part 2 Smoke and toxicity test Appendix 1 Fire test procedures for smoke generation Appendix 2 Fire test procedures for toxic gas generation Part 3 Test for "A", "B" and "F" class divisions Appendix 1 Fire resistance test procedures for "A", "B" and "F" class divisions Appendix 2 Testing of windows, fire dampers, pipe penetrations and cable transits RESOLUTION (88) (adopted on 3 December 2010)

6 INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR APPLICATION OF FIRE TEST procedures , 2010 (2010 FTP CODE)- 3 - Appendix 3 Thermal radiation test supplement to fire resistance test procedures for windows in "A", "B" and "F" class divisions Appendix 4 Continuous "B" class divisions Part 4 Test for fire door control systems Appendix Fire test procedures for fire door control systems Part 5 Test for surface flammability (Test for surface materials and primary deck coverings) Appendix 1 Fire test procedures for surface flammability of bulkhead, ceiling, deck finish materials and primary deck coverings Appendix 2 Technical information and calibration of the physical test equipment Appendix 3 Interpretation of results Appendix 4 Guidelines for the specimen of the FTP Code, parts 2 and 5, and the type approval of those products (Range of approval and restriction in use) Part 6 (blank)

7 Part 7 Test for vertically supported textiles and films Appendix 1 Fire test procedures for determining the resistance to flame of vertically supported textiles and films Appendix 2 Measurement of length of char or material destruction Appendix 3 Cleaning and weathering procedures Part 8 Test for upholstered furniture Appendix 1 Fire test procedures for the ignitability by smokers' materials of upholstered composites for seating Appendix 2 Guidance notes Appendix 3 Guide for independent test for cover and filling materials Part 9 Test for bedding components Appendix Fire test procedures for ignitability of bedding components RESOLUTION (88) (adopted on 3 December 2010) INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR APPLICATION OF FIRE TEST procedures , 2010 (2010 FTP CODE)

8 - 4 - Part 10 Test for fire-restricting materials for high-speed craft Appendix 1 Fire test procedures Full-scale room test for surface materials on bulkheads, wall and ceiling linings, including their supporting structure, of high-speed craft Appendix 2 Fire test procedures for heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate for materials used for furniture and other components of high-speed craft Part 11 Test for fire-resisting divisions of high-speed craft Appendix Fire test procedures for fire-resisting divisions of high-speed craft Annex 2 Products which may be installed without testing and/or approval Annex 3 Fire protection materials and required approval test methods Table 1: Fire protection materials and required approval test methods for passenger ships carrying more than 36 passengers and high-speed craft Table 2.

9 Fire protection materials and required approval test methods for cargo ships (method IC) Annex 4 Interpretation of SOLAS chapter II-2, regulations and ( ) Table 1: Materials used on passenger ships for bulkheads of accommodation spaces as defined in regulation II-2 and its requirements (regulations and ) Table 2: Regulations and Materials used in accommodation spaces, as defined in regulation II-2 , of cargo ships (method IC) Table 3: Regulations and Materials used in accommodation spaces, as defined in regulation II-2 , of cargo ships (method IIC IIIC) RESOLUTION (88) (adopted on 3 December 2010) INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR APPLICATION OF FIRE TEST procedures , 2010 (2010 FTP CODE)- 5 - INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR APPLICATION OF FIRE TEST procedures , 2010 (2010 FTP CODE)

10 1 SCOPE This Code is intended for use by the Administration and the competent authority of the flag State when approving products for installation in ships flying the flag of the flag State in accordance with the fire safety requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended. This Code shall be used by testing laboratories when testing and evaluating products under this Code. 2 APPLICATION This Code is applicable for products which are required to be tested, evaluated and approved in accordance with the Fire Test procedures Code as referenced in the Convention.