A number of International Classification Societies such as American Bureau of Shipping, the ABS (USA), Bureau Veritas (France), RINA (Italy), Germanischer Lloyd (Germany) and others have issued their own rules and recommendations to ensure technical support and compliance verification of the fire safety measures.
For example, the ABS has two actual guides dealing with fire protection. The 2022 Guide for Enhanced Fire Protection Arrangements introduces optional Enhanced Fire Protection notations for the accommodation areas and machinery spaces of vessels that are intended to increase the level of protection against fires onboard. (ABS 2022) The ABS Guidance Notes on Fire-Fighting Systems incorporate many requirements intended to prevent the onset of a fire. They focus on the proper design, installation, and operation of the vessel’s fire-fighting systems to ensure the safety of the vessel and the personnel onboard. In many cases, these rules directly reference SOLAS fire-fighting system requirements. (ABS 2017)