Designation:F1994−99(Reapproved2011)AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardTestMethodforShipboardFixedFoamFirefightingSystems1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1994;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversshipboard,fixed(installed)foam/sprinklingfirefightingsystems.1.2Satisfactorycompletionofthesetestsindicatesfunc-tionalperformanceofthefixedfoamfirefightingsystemandmaybeusedtodemonstratethesysteminstallation’scompli-ancewiththedesigncharacteristicsofthesystem.1.3Testsmadeinconformitywiththistestmethodareintendedtodemonstratetheinstallationandoperationofaninstalled,fixedfoamfirefightingsystem.Asitincludesregu-latoryrequirements,thisstandardaddressesthosevesselssubjecttoregulationsandshipclassificationrules.However,themethodsstatedhereinaresuitableforunregulatedcommer-cialvessels,pleasurecraft,militaryvessels,andsimilarvesselsthatarenotrequiredtomeetregulationsforfirefightingsystems.1.4Limitations:1.4.1Internationalrequirements,nationalregulations,andshipclassificationrulesmustbeconsulted.Thefollowingregulatoryrequirementsandclassificationsocietyruleswereconsideredinthepreparationofthistestmethod:1.4.1.1InternationalConventionfortheSafetyofLifeatSea(SOLAS),1974SOLASConvention,1978SOLASPro-tocol,andthe1981and1983SOLASAmendments,II-2/8,“Fixedlow-expansionfoamextinguishingsystemsinmachin-eryspaces,”1.4.1.2U.S.Governmentregulationsincludedin46CFR76,46CFR95,and46CFR108asthoseregulationsarewrittenandenforcedbytheUnitedStatesCostGuard,and1.4.1.3TheAmericanBureauofShipping(ABS)RulesforBuildingandClassingSteelVessels.However,theownerwilldesignatethespecificclassificationsocietywhichistobeusedtoclassifyaparticularvessel.1.4.2Therequirements,regulations,andrulesforaspecificdesignmustbeselectedbytheownerbasedontheplannedope...
