MGN 580 (M) Amendment 1 - Fire protection - fire retardant treatments for fabrics
Outlines MCA Approval Procedures for fire retardant treatment of various items, covers and components onboard vessels certificated under the Large Commercial Yacht Code.
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This MGN brings the attention of interested parties to the publication of the MCA Approval Procedures for fire retardant treatment of floor coverings, suspended textile materials, upholstery materials and bedding components onboard vessels certificated under the Large Commercial Yacht Code.
Key Points:
• The MCA Approval Procedures provide equivalence to inherently fire retardant materials used onboard new build and existing vessels certificated under the Fire Safety section of the Large Commercial Yacht Code part A (vessel < 500 GT).
• They establish robust quality assurance procedures to allow approval of fire retardant treatments for the protection of materials used onboard large commercial yachts.
• The MCA Approval Procedures and a Declaration of Conformity for such fire retardant treatments can be found as Appendixes 1 & 2, respectively, to this MGN.
• Service Provider is an organisation authorized by UK Approved Bodies to provide fire retardant treatment as defined in Appendix 1.
• List of Service Providers can be found online at the websites shown in Appendix 3.
• This MGN is applicable to new builds and existing large yachts.
This MGN is replaces MGN 453 following experience gained since 1 October 2012
Amendment 1 replaces references to Notified Bodies with Approved Bodies and updates which amendment of MSN 1874 applies
Last updated 11 February 2022 + show all updates
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Amendment note added to front page
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First published.