On 15 April 2025, the Vehicle Carrier Safety Forum (VCSF) published its second industry good practice guidelines entitled ‘Fire Response – High Level Guidelines’.As set out in the IG P&I club press release (available here), the guidelines have been designed to reduce the risk to the safety of crews, passengers, the environment, the vessel and the cargo. The guidelines’ sole aim is to assist vessel operators and crews to be better prepared to meet the challenges presented by vehicle fires. The guidelines are intended to be used by vessel operators when considering their own fire response policies and procedures with a particular emphasis on using existing fixed firefighting systems to control vehicle fires early in their development.Download the VCSF Fire Response – High Level Guidelines here.