The US Coast Guard has issued a policy letter recommending practices for controlling transient fire load created by passenger baggage in very low fire load (Type 5A) spaces.
Controlling the transient fire is critical to ensuring the safety of a vessel utilizing a Type 5A space exemption, given the inherent assumption of the 5A space policy that the fire load will remain sufficiently low to prevent a critical weakening of the structure surrounding the space in the unlikely event of a fire.
USCG outlines practices that will allow operators to meet the stipulation on transient fire load. The following document provides guidance on loading, storage and limitation of baggage and strollers as well as related signage. However, nothing in the enclosure prevents the operator from proposing or the OCMIs from accepting alternatives to these practices
Learn more by reading USCG Policy Letter
Source: USCG
