H 28
[Subsidiary]
Fixed foam fire extinguishing installations.
CAP. 281] Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances)
Regulations.
[1969 Ed.
(20) No part of the control, storage or generating arrangement of any fixed fire smothering gas or steam installation shall be situated forward of the collision bulkhead in any passenger steamer.
(21) Operating instructions in clear and permanent lettering shall be affixed to every fixed fire smothering gas installation or in a position adjacent thereto.
40. (1) Every fixed foam fire extinguishing installation fitted in compliance with these regulations shall be capable of discharging through fixed discharge outlets in not more than 5 minutes, a quantity of foam sufficient to cover to a depth of 6 inches the largest single area over which oil fuel is liable to spread.
(2) An installation of the type referred to in paragraph (1) 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, and for the foam to be effectively directed by fixed sprayers on other main oil fire hazards in the protected space either simultaneously or separately.
(3) Such an installation shall include mobile sprayers ready for immediate use in the firing area of the boiler and in the vicinity of the oil fuel unit.
(4) Every fixed foam fire extinguishing installation fitted in lieu of a fixed fire smothering gas installation required by these regulations to be provided in the oil cargo spaces of any tanker shall be capable of distributing on the decks over the oil cargo tanks through fixed discharge outlets in not more than 15 minutes 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.
H 28
[Subsidiary]
Fixed foam fire extin- guishing installations.
CAP. 281] Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances)
Regulations.
[1969 Ed.
(20) No part of the control, storage or generating arrangement of any fixed fire smothering gas or steam installation shall be situated forward of the collision bulkhead in any passenger
steamer.
(21) Operating instructions in clear and permanent lettering shall be affixed to every fixed fire smothering gas installation or in a position adjacent thereto.
40. (1) Every fixed foam fire extinguishing installation fitted in compliance with these regulations shall be capable of discharg- ing through fixed discharge outlets in not more than 5 minutes, a quantity of foam sufficient to cover to a depth of 6 inches the largest single area over which oil fuel is liable to spread.
(2) An installation of the type referred to in paragraph (1) 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, and for the foam to be effectively directed by fixed sprayers on other main oil fire hazards in the protected space either simultaneously or separately.
(3) Such an installation shall include mobile sprayers ready for immediate use in the firing area of the boiler and in the vicinity of the oil fuel unit.
(4) Every fixed foam fire extinguishing installation fitted in lieu of a fixed fire smothering gas installation required by these regulations to be provided in the oil cargo spaces of any tanker shall be capable, of distributing on the decks over the oil cargo tanks through fixed discharge outlets in not more than 15 minutes 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.
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