Kidde-Fenwal - Det Norske Veritas [DNV GL] F-20253 - Type Approval Certificate Approved for Use as Total Flooding Fire Extinguishing System in Machinery Spaces and Cargo Pump Rooms - Minimum Design Gas Concentration 8.7%

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
United States Coast Guard
Certificate of Approval

Coast Guard Approval Number: 162.161/1/0
Expires: 10 August 2022

ENGINEERED HALOCARBON FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM

KIDDE-FENWAL INC.
400 MAIN STREET
ASHLAND MA 01721

HFC-227ea total flooding clean agent fixed fire extinguishing systems.

ECS series systems for the protection of machinery spaces, cargo pump rooms, and other enclosed spaces with Class B and C hazards. HFC-227ea agent is super-pressurized with nitrogen as a propellant. Complies with IMO MSC/Circ.848 as amended by MSC.1/Circ. 1267. Not acceptable for cargo hold protection.

Identifying Data: Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Report Project 02NK28507, File EX 4674, dated 15 November 2002, Kidde-Fenwal Marine Design, Installation, Operation, and Maintenance Manual 06-236225-001 revised October 2014, Supplement to Kidde Fire Systems Design, Installation, and Operation and Maintenance Manual 06-236225-005, Kidde-Fenwal Flow Calculation Software Manual 06-236272-001 dated March 2013.

Follow-up Program: UL.

Approval valid only for products from the above location.

Extends certificate dated January 30, 2015 and updates identifying data to recognize revisions to the approved calculation manual.

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT the above named manufacturer has submitted to the undersigned satisfactory evidence that the item specified herein complies with the applicable laws and regulations as outlined on the reverse side of this Certificate, and approval is hereby given. This approval shall be in effect until the expiration date hereon unless sooner canceled or suspended by proper authority.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 10 DAY OF AUGUST 2017, AT WASHINGTON D.C.

B. A. BALDWIN
Chief, Lifesaving and Fire Safety Division
BY DIRECTION OF THE COMMANDANT

TERMS: The approval of the item described on the face of the Certificate has been based upon the submittal of satisfactory evidence that the item complies with the applicable provisions of the navigation and shipping laws and the applicable regulations in Title 33 and/or Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The approval is subject to any conditions noted on this Certificate and in the applicable laws and regulations governing the use of the item on vessels subject to Coast Guard inspection or on other vessels and boats.

Consideration will be given to an extension of this approval provided application is made 3 months prior to the expiration date of this Certificate.

The approval holder is responsible for making sure that the required inspections or tests of materials or devices covered by this approval are carried out during production as prescribed in the applicable regulations.

The approval of the item covered by this certificate is valid only so long as the item is manufactured in conformance with the details of the approved drawings, specifications, or other data referred to. No modification in the approved design, construction, or materials is to be adopted until the modification has been presented for consideration by the Commandant and confirmation received that the proposed alteration is acceptable.

NOTICE: Where a manufacturer of safety-at-sea equipment is offering for sale to the maritime industry, directly or indirectly, equipment represented to be approved, which fails to conform with either the design details or material specifications, or both, as approved by the Coast Guard, immediate action may be taken to invoke the various penalties and sanctions provided by law including prosecution under 46 U.S.C. 3318, which provides:

"A person that knowingly manufactures, sells, offers for sale, or possesses with intent to sell, any equipment subject to this part (Part B. of Subtitle II of Title 46 U.S.C.). and the equipment is so defective as to be insufficient to accomplish the purpose for which it is intended, shall be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years or both."