Definition(s)
Rooms Containing Furniture and Furnishings of Restricted Fire Risk
Rooms containing furniture and furnishings of restricted fire risk, for the purpose of regulation 9, are those rooms containing furniture and furnishings of restricted fire risk (whether cabins, public spaces, offices or other types of accommodation) in which:
.1 case furniture such as desks, wardrobes, dressing tables, bureaux, dressers, are constructed entirely of approved non-combustible materials, except that a combustible veneer not exceeding 2 mm may be used on the working surface of such articles;
.2 free-standing furniture such as chairs, sofas, tables, are constructed with frames of non-combustible materials;
.3 draperies, curtains and other suspended textile materials have qualities of resistance to the propagation of flame not inferior to those of wool having a mass of mass 0.8 kg/m2, this being determined in accordance with the Fire Test Procedures Code;
.4 floor coverings have low flame-spread characteristics;
.5 exposed surfaces of bulkheads, linings and ceilings have low flame-spread characteristics;
.6 upholstered furniture has qualities of resistance to the ignition and propagation of flame, this being determined in accordance with the Fire Test Procedures Code; and
.7 bedding components have qualities of resistance to the ignition and propagation of flame, this being determined in accordance with the Fire Test Procedures Code. <Chapter II-2, part A, regulation 3>.
Source: IMO Resolution MSC.99(73), amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended, 5 December 2000, International Maritime Organization. Legislation