H 30
CAP. 281]
Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances) Regulations.
[1969 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Fire control plans.
(4) In every ship to which these regulations apply machinery driving forced and induced draught fans, oil fuel transfer pumps, oil fuel unit pumps and other similar fuel pumps shall be fitted with remote controls situated outside the spaces in which such machinery or pumps are situated.
(5) The controls referred to in paragraph (4) shall be capable of stopping such machinery or pumps in the event of fire in the said spaces.
(6) In every ship to which these regulations apply, every pipe connected to any oil fuel storage, settling, or daily service tank, not being a double bottom tank, which if damaged would permit discharge of the contents so as to cause a fire hazard shall be fitted with a valve or cock which shall be secured to the tank to which it is connected and which shall be capable of being closed from a readily accessible position outside the space in which the tank is situated:
Provided that in the case of any inlet pipe to such a tank a non-return valve similarly secured to the tank may be substituted.
(7) In the case of an oil fuel deep tank traversed by any shaft or pipe tunnel, a valve shall be fitted on the tank but an additional valve or valves may be fitted on the pipe line or lines outside the tunnel or tunnels to enable control to be exercised in the event of fire.
44. (1) In every ship of Group 1 there shall be permanently exhibited for the guidance of the master and officers of the ship general arrangement plans showing clearly for each deck the position of the control stations, the sections of the ship which are enclosed by fire resisting bulkheads, the sections of the ship which are enclosed by fire retarding bulkheads, together with particulars of the fire alarms, fire detection systems, the sprinkler installations, the fixed and portable fire extinguishing appliances and firemen's outfits, the means of access to the various compartments and decks in the ship, the ventilating system including particulars of the master fan controls, the position of dampers and identification numbers of the ventilating fans serving each section of the ship, the location of the international shore connexion and the position of all means of control referred to in regulation 43.
(2) In every ship of 500 tons or over, other than a ship of Group 1, there shall be permanently exhibited for the guidance of the master and officers of the ship general arrangement plans showing clearly the information referred to in paragraph (1) where it is applicable to the ship.
(3) The general arrangement plans required by this regulation shall be kept up-to-date, any alterations being recorded thereon without delay.
Page 30
Page 31