Safety, Fire & Survival · Fire — Self-Closing Fire Doors
Fire doors in main fire-zone bulkheads are required to be:
- ARemoved at sea
- BWedged permanently open for convenience
- CSelf-closing (and normally kept closed or released to close on alarm), to maintain the integrity of the fire boundary✓ Correct
- DMade of glass
Explanation
Fire doors must be self-closing so the fire boundary is maintained even if crew forget to shut them. They may be held open on magnetic releases that drop on the fire alarm. Keeping them closed (or releasable) preserves the structural fire protection between zones.
Authority: SOLAS II-2
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