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need more help or advice on part 6?

  • Arranging A BSS Examination
  • Private Boat Requirements
  • Hire Boats Requirements (2024)
  • Non-private Boat Standards
    • part 2 - inboard engines
    • part 3 - electrical installations
    • part 4 - electrically propelled vessels
    • part 5 - outboard & portable engines
    • part 6 - fire prevention & extinguishing equipment
      • number of fire extinguishers
      • approval of portable fire fighting equipment
      • location of fire fighting equipment
      • condition of fire extinguishers
      • fixed system
      • fire blanket
      • exposed glass-fibre reinforced plastic (GRP)
      • polystyrene thermal insulation
      • soft furnishings
      • two means of escape
      • need more help or advice on part 6?
      • part six checklist
    • part 7 - LPG installations
    • part 8 - appliances, flueing & ventilation
    • part 9 - pollution
    • part 10 - non-private boats & safety features
  • Boats with gas
  • Warning Notices
  • Q&A on BSS Examinations
  • 10 most common fails

Refer to Standards 6.1 - 6.7 in the appendix. For more technical information refer to:

  • BS EN ISO 9094 - 1 “Fire Protection - Part 1: Craft with a hull length of up to and including 15m”.
  • BS EN ISO 9094 - 2 “Fire Protection - Part 1: Craft with a hull length of over 15m and up to 24m”.
  • Statutory Instrument SI 1998 No. 1011 “The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection : Small Ships) Regulations 1998 (www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm)

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The BSS is endorsed by the following organisations:

  • Canal & River Trust
  • The Environment Agency
  • Broads Authority
  • Association of Inland Navigation Authorities
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