IMO Solution MSC.61(67) Adoption of International Rules for the Application of Fire Test Procedures

Solution MSC.61(67) prepared by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) This procedure for the adoption of international rules for the application of fire test procedures, approval of products for installation on ships flying the flag of the flag state in accordance with the fire safety requirements of the International Convention on Safety at Sea of ​​1974 It is designed for use by the administration and the competent authority of the flag state during This procedure can be used by testing laboratories when testing and evaluating products.

This procedure applies to products that must be tested, evaluated and approved according to the code of fire test procedures referenced in the contract.

For the purposes of this procedure,

• The term fire test procedures code means the international code for the application of fire test procedures as defined in the relevant part of the contract, as amended.
• Administration means the government of the state whose flag the ship is authorized to fly.
• Administration recognized laboratory means a testing laboratory acceptable to the relevant administration.
• The term Convention means the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea.
• The term standard fire test means a test in which samples are exposed to temperatures approximately corresponding to the standard time-temperature curve in a test furnace.
• The expression standard time-temperature curve means the time-temperature curve defined by the given formula.

This procedure contains the necessary fire test procedures to be used on test products as the basis for approval and defines test procedures, test methods, and acceptance and classification criteria.

Tests are carried out in testing laboratories recognized by the relevant authorities. When recognizing a laboratory, the authority considers the following criteria:

• The laboratory is occupied, as a normal part of its business, with the same or similar examinations and tests as those described in the relevant section.
• The laboratory has access to the apparatus, facilities, personnel, and calibrated instruments necessary to perform these tests and examinations.
• The laboratory is not owned or controlled by the manufacturer, vendor or supplier of the product under test.

Among the numerous test, measurement, analysis and evaluation studies it has given for businesses in various sectors, our organization, with its trained and expert staff and advanced technological equipment, aims to adopt international rules for the implementation of fire test procedures within the scope of IMO Solution MSC.61(67) procedure. It also provides testing services.