IS 17470 : 2024/ISO 9094 : 2022 Small Craft - Fire Protection

ICS 47.080

TED 18

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (First Revision) which is identical to ISO 9094 : 2022 'Small craft - Fire protection' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), will be adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on recommendation of the Inland Harbour Crafts and Fishing Vessels Sectional Committee and approval of the Transport Engineering Divisional Council.

This standard was first published in 2020 which was identical adoption of ISO 9094 : 2015. This revision has been undertaken to harmonize it with ISO 9094 : 2022. The major changes incorporated in this standard re as follows:

a) 'Engine compartment' definition (3.3) has been updated;

b) 'Fire resistant' definition (3.21) has been added;

c) Pitch angle up to 15° for all craft to prevent cooking devices from sliding off the stove, in 4.1.1, has been updated;

d) Pitch and heel angles in 4.2.1 have been updated;

e) Requirements for protection from open flame in 4.2.2 have been updated;

f) Table 1 to expand the understanding of zone protection has been updated;

g) Clarification for fire escape routes in 6.1 has been added;

h) Table 2, 'Protection of the engine(s) and engine compartments', has been updated;

j) The requirements for portable fire extinguisher locations have been updated (see 7.5);

k) The asphyxiant medium from fixed fire extinguishing systems has been removed (see 7.6);

m) Clause 8, "Displayed information", has been updated;

n) The bibliography has been updated.

The text of ISO standard may be approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions and terminologies are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, they shouldbe read as 'Indian Standard'; and

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker, while in Indian Standards, the current practiceis to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.