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a quantity of foam sufficient to cover to a depth of at least 2 inches the whole of the tank deck area.
(5) Such an installation shall be capable of generating foam suitable for extinguishing oil fires and means shall be provided for the effective distribution of the foam through a permanent system of piping and control valves or cocks to discharge outlets.
(6) There shall be sufficient mobile foam sprayers capable of being connected to the installation whereby foam can be directed into any tank.
(7) For the purposes of paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) "tank deck area" means an area equivalent to the extreme length of the cargo tanks multiplied by the breadth of the ship.
(8) Every fixed foam fire extinguishing installation shall be so arranged that a fire in any of the spaces it protects will not render the controls inaccessible nor put the installation out of action.
(9) Operating instructions in clear and permanent lettering shall be affixed to every fixed foam fire extinguishing installation or in a position adjacent thereto,
41. (1) Every fire detection system fitted in compliance with these regulations shall be capable of automatically indicating the presence or indication of fire and its location.
(2) The indicators required to be fitted in compliance with paragraph (1) shall be centralized either on the navigating bridge or at other control stations which are provided with direct com- munication with the navigating bridge:
Provided that the Director may in any ship permit the indica- tors to be distributed among several stations if he is satisfied that such arrangements are at least as effective as if the indicators were so centralized.
(3) In any passenger steamer electrical equipment used in the operation of any fire detection system fitted in compliance with these regulations shall be capable of being supplied from two sources of electric power one of which shall be the emergency source of power required by rule 40 of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) Rules.
(4) The indicating system of any fire detection system fitted in compliance with these regulations shall operate both audible and visible alarms at the stations referred to in paragraph (2).
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42. (1) Every fireman's outfit carried in compliance with these regulations shall consist of-
(a) a breathing apparatus complying with the requirements
specified in the Fourth Schedule:
(b) a portable self-contained electric battery-operated safety lamp capable of functioning efficiently for a period of at least three bours; and
(c) a fireman's axe.
(2) Where more than one such outfit is provided they shall be kept in readily accessible and widely separated positions which are not likely to be cut off in the event of fre.
43. (1) la every ship to which these regulations apply there shall be provided means for stopping ventilating fans serving machinery, accommodation and cargo spaces.
(2) For machinery and cargo spaces in such ships there shall be provided means for closing all sky-lights, doorways, ventilators, annular spaces around funnels and other openings to such spaces.
(3) Such means shall be capable of being operated from posi- tions outside the said spaces which would not be made inaccessible by a fire within such spaces.
(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 situatect.
(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
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stopping machinery, shutting off fuel suction pipes and closing of openings.
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