40Fire prevention — other measures

40 Fire prevention — other measures

(1) If hay, straw or bhusa is carried or used in a space where livestock is located, there must be:

(a) portable fire extinguishers:

(i) that use water as the extinguishing medium; and

(ii) with 1 extinguisher placed adjacent to an entrance to the space; and

(iii) with 1 extinguisher placed at least every 18 m of the space; or

(b) a fire-fighting arrangement, approved by AMSA, that uses water as the extinguishing medium.

(2) If electrical equipment, other than for the purposes of lighting, is installed in an enclosed livestock space, the space must have firefighting equipment, suitable for use with the installed electrical equipment, that is:

(a) portable fire extinguishers in sufficient numbers for the electrical equipment in the space; or

(b) a fixed fire-fighting installation.

(3) Fire extinguishers mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) must be tested at least every 5 years in the same manner as they would be tested for the issue of a Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate.

(4) Hydrants, hoses, hose connections and nozzles, portable fire extinguishers and fixed fire-fighting installations must be of equivalent standard to fire appliances required to be carried for the issue of a Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate.

(5) Notices must be prominently displayed prohibiting smoking or the use of naked lights in livestock spaces and spaces used for storage of fodder, hay, straw, bhusa, bedding or other flammable material.