FSS Code

The FSS Code gives the detailed technical specifications for the fire safety systems that SOLAS Chapter II-2 requires, covering fixed gas and water-based extinguishing systems, detection and alarm, emergency fire pumps, ventilation, breathing apparatus, and fixed local-application firefighting. It was adopted by Resolution MSC.98(73) and made mandatory under SOLAS from 1 July 2002, replacing prescriptive text scattered through II-2. Amendments add provisions such as foam systems for vehicle and ro-ro spaces and protection for cargoes carried under the IGF and IGC regimes.